Crash Course
What Is God Like?: Crash Course Philosophy
Today we are moving on from the existence of God to look at the philosophical debate surrounding the traditional divine attributes - omnipotence, omniscience, omnitemporality, and omnibenevolence. We are exploring the puzzles that these...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Ethical dilemma: Who should you believe? | Alex Worsnip
You're sitting on the couch, when you hear a knock on the door. The police have arrived to arrest your spouse— for murder. This accusation comes as a total shock, but their fingerprints were found on the murder weapon. Your spouse...
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Divine Command Theory: Crash Course Philosophy
As we venture into the world of ethics, there are a lot of different answers to the grounding problem for us to explore. One of the oldest and most popular is the divine command theory. But with age comes a long history of questions,...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Are you a body with a mind or a mind with a body? - Maryam Alimardani
Our bodies _ the physical, biological parts of us - and our minds - the thinking, conscious aspects - have a complicated, tangled relationship. Which one primarily defines you or your self? Are you a body with a mind or a mind with a...
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The Meaning of Knowledge: Crash Course Philosophy
On today’s episode...CATS. Also: Hank talks about some philosophy stuff, like a few of the key concepts philosophers use when discussing belief and knowledge, such as what defines an assertion and a proposition, and that belief is a kind...
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Anselm & the Argument for God: Crash Course Philosophy
Today we are introducing a new area of philosophy – philosophy of religion. We are starting this unit off with Anselm’s argument for God’s existence, while also considering objections to that argument.
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What Is a Good Life?: Crash Course Philosophy
In our final episode of Crash Course Philosophy, we consider what it means to live a good life. We’ll look at the myth of Sisyphus, Robert Nozick’s experience machine, Aristotle’s eudaimonistic picture of a good human life, and the...
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How to Argue - Philosophical Reasoning: Crash Course Philosophy
Before we dive into the big questions of philosophy, you need to know how to argue properly. We’ll start with an overview of philosophical reasoning and breakdown of how deductive arguments work (and sometimes don’t work).
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Perspectives on Death: Crash Course Philosophy
Today we are talking about death, looking at philosophical approaches from Socrates, Epicurus, and Zhuangzi. We will consider whether it’s logical to fear your own death, or the deaths of your loved ones. Hank also discusses Thomas...
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How to Argue - Induction & Abduction: Crash Course Philosophy
We continue our look at philosophical reasoning by introducing two more types: induction and abduction. Hank explains their strengths and weaknesses, as well as counterarguments and the Socratic method.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Who am I? A philosophical inquiry - Amy Adkins
Throughout the history of mankind, the subject of identity has sent poets to the blank page, philosophers to the agora and seekers to the oracles. These murky waters of abstract thinking are tricky to navigate, so it's probably fitting...
Crash Course
What is Philosophy?: Crash Course Philosophy
Today Hank begins to teach you about Philosophy by discussing the historical origins of philosophy in ancient Greece, and its three main divisions: metaphysics, epistemology, and value theory. He will also introduce logic, and how you’re...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Plato's best (and worst) ideas - Wisecrack
Few individuals have influenced the world and many of today's thinkers like Plato. He created the first Western university and was teacher to Ancient Greece's greatest minds, including Aristotle. But even he wasn't perfect. Along with...
Wonderscape
Ancient Greek Scholars: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
This video explores the impact of ancient Greek philosophers, including Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. It covers Socrates' method of questioning, Plato's writings on justice and government, and Aristotle's belief in observation as the...
Curated Video
Why Aren't Angels Scary Anymore?
As beings that mediate between heaven and earth, angels have been the focus of both fascination and fear for centuries. In the past, they’ve been described as fireballs, forms without substance, or massive beings that collect blood or...
Curated Video
The Social Turn
Philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts University) describes academic philosophy's movement towards social engagement and responsibility.
Curated Video
The Merits of Philosophy
Political scientist Mark Bevir (UC Berkeley) makes a plea for the reintroduction of philosophical thinking across a wide range of other disciplines.
Curated Video
United in Crisis
Author and independent scholar Pankaj Mishra describes how his own upbringing in India is marked by a sense of crisis that he shares with other figures in other places and times.
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Historical Relevance
Princeton historian of science Michael Gordin describes a set of attitudes that most practicing scientists have towards historians, philosophers and sociologists of science, and outlines ways in which appreciating the past might help...
Neuro Transmissions
A (Brief) History of Brain Sciences
Neuroscience and psychology have a lot in common. But where does one begin and the other end? What are the differences? And how did we end up with these two different-yet-overlapping fields? It turns out that the history of brain science...
Nature League
Philosophy and Climate Change: What is the Anthropocene?
In part 1 of this Nature League miniseries on philosophy and climate change, Brit and Gray discuss the Anthropocene and how philosophy can help us think about the words we use to discuss climate change.
Curated Video
Is Mathematics INVENTED or DISCOVERED?
The tale of mathematics is as old as humanity. It has evolved from simple math, like counting cattle, to an intricate study of an object through abstract concepts that we know today. It was not until 600 BC, when civilizations settled,...
The Learning Depot
Causative Verbs ~ Advanced English Grammar Lesson
Today, you’ll learn how we define true causative verbs The causative verb structure of the sentence The Causative verb structure of the sentence. (Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative) Using modals with the causative structure The...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
In Defense of Economic Theory
It’s common to hear economists derided for being overly theoretical. But University of Puget Sound’s Wade Hands cautions that empiricism without theory isn’t enough.