PBS
How We Know The Earth Is Ancient
In astronomy we talk about billions of years like it’s no big deal. But how can we be sure about timescales so far beyond the capacity for human intuition? Our discovery of what we now call deep time is very recent - as recent as our...
Crash Course
Kant & Categorical Imperatives: Crash Course Philosophy
Our next stop on our tour of ethics is Kant’s ethics. Today Hank explains hypothetical and categorical imperatives, the universalizability principle, autonomy, and what it means to treat people as ends-in-themselves, rather than as mere...
Crash Course
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.
Crash Course
The Enlightenment: Crash Course European History
So far in this series, we've covered a lot of war, disease, climate disaster, and some more war. Well, prepare yourself for something a little more positive. This week, we're talking about the Enlightenment. In this video, you'll learn...
Curated Video
Lying and Politics
Historian Martin Jay, UC Berkeley, talks about the situations in which lying takes place in politics and might be justified and even expected in adversarial, diplomatic and other situations.
Professor Dave Explains
Late Modern Philosophy Part 1: The Roots of Continental Philosophy
Modern philosophy began to approach its final stages in the early 19th century as two important groups began to form. These are the continental and analytic traditions, and these two groups will guide our investigation for the next...
Professor Dave Explains
Logic in Early Modern Philosophy
With modern philosophy somewhat understood, it's time to pivot and see how logic developed during this time period. First, in the early part of this period, Pascal's wager was an important development, which was followed by the Port...
Professor Dave Explains
Late Modern Philosophy Part 2: The Roots of Analytic Philosophy
We just introduced continental philosophy, so let's take a look at the analytic tradition that arose around the same time, as the modern era was drawing to a close. Of the two schools, this was the one more concerned with philosophy of...
Professor Dave Explains
Idealism Part 2: Fichte, Schiller, Hegel, and Schelling
We introduced the movement of idealism and discussed its most important early proponents, such as George Berkeley and Immanuel Kant. Now let's examine the key figures that were to follow, including Johann Fichte, Friedrich Schiller,...
Professor Dave Explains
Idealism Part 1: Berkeley and Kant
We've learned about rationalism and empiricism as the two important movements in early modern philosophy, and the most important one that followed was idealism, which was an attempt to adapt and synthesize these previous two schools....
The Art Assignment
Art Must Be Beautiful
Should art be beautiful? Revisit ancient philosophers' thoughts on beauty and consider why we might be skeptical of beauty today.
CuriosaMente
¿Sólo yo existo? El solipsismo - CuriosaMente 238
¿Y si todo a tu alrededor fuera una simulación o una alucinación? ¿Se puede probar que no estás soñando en este momento? El solipsismo es una idea filosófica que plantea la posibilidad de que solo la propia mente del individuo es segura...
Cerebellum
The Age Of Enlightenment - Second Generation Of Philosophers
The Enlightenment may not have left physical evidence behind like the pyramids of Egypt or the Coliseum of Rome, but it has left us an intellectual heritage which is unquestionable in its importance. This video looks at key ideas that...
Press Association
Labour win in Monmouthshire
Result declaration and speeches from the Monmouth constituency. Interview with Labour's Catherine Fookes who won the seat and will become the first woman to represent Monmouthshire in Parliament.