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Microsoft Excel 2021365 - Beginner to Advanced - Conditional IFs (SUMIF, COUNTIF, AVERAGEIF)
In this video, we will cover conditional IFs (SUMIF, COUNTIF, AVERAGEIF).
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Microsoft Excel 2021365 - Beginner to Advanced - VLOOKUP Approximate Match
In this video, we will cover VLOOKUP approximate match.
Professor Dave Explains
Introduction to Modern Philosophy: The Emergence of Rationalism
With medieval philosophy covered, it's time to dive into modern philosophy, which started with the Renaissance, and lasted until the turn of the 20th century. The beginning of this era is market by the onset of rationalism and...
The Business Professor
Persuasive Messages - Communications
A persuasive message is the central message that intrigues, informs, convinces, or calls to action. Persuasive messages are often discussed in terms of reason versus emotion. Every message has elements of ethos, or credibility; pathos,...
The Business Professor
Arguments - Persuasive Communications
Persuasive writing is a form of written communication intended to convince or influence readers to accept a particular idea or opinion and to inspire action.
The Business Professor
Amicus Curiae
An amicus curiae is an individual or organization who is not a party to a legal case, but who is permitted to assist a court by offering information, expertise, or insight that has a bearing on the issues in the case. The decision on...
The Guardian
What does it mean to defund the police?
The Black Lives Matter protests in the US, which escalated in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, have brought the little-known but decades-old campaign to abolish US police into the spotlight. But what are...
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What Does It Mean To Be Sadistic?
In this video, I explore the definition of sadism and discuss some examples of sadistic behavior. I also talk about the origins of the word and how it's used today. Sadism is the desire to intentionally harm someone and derive pleasure...
Brian McLogan
Simplify the logarithms with different bases
In this video we will discuss how to simplify logarithms when we have different bases. We can't apply logarithmic properties unless we get the base to be the same first. ⭐️ Evaluate using multiple logarithmic properties - • Evaluate...
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Identifying Conclusions
Identifying Conclusions examines concluding statements by reading passages and identifying the conclusions.
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Self-Identification Through Language
David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, argues that speech serves a strong sociological function as a form of self-indentification.
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Israel and the Holocaust
David Goldberg, Former Senior Rabbi Emeritus of London’s Liberal Jewish Synagogue, discusses criticisms of the political use of the Holocaust in Israel and beyond.
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Different Domains
UC Berkeley historian Martin Jay contrasts the political domain with the scientific one, explaining that it’s important to recognize that the two are distinct, believing it would be a very bad idea to try to recreate politics in the...
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Frege and Functions
Philosopher Scott Soames (USC) traces the origins of our modern computer age to Gottlob Frege’s application of functions to logic.
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Revising Writing
This video discusses the purpose of, and techniques for, revising writing.
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Dramatic Arguments
This video discusses the use of dramatic dialogue in a literary piece by analyzing it for a claim, soundness of reasoning, and relevancy.
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Beyond the City-state?
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) muses on how we might best apply ancient Athenian insights on governance to our modern world.
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Evaluating Claims and Reasoning
This video describes claims and reasoning supporting a claim.
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Understanding Rhetoric
“Understanding Rhetoric” will assist students in learning how to make an effective argument by balancing pathos, logos, and ethos appeals.
Oxford Comma
How to Write a Paper
In this video we'll explore the EPA method for writing academic papers. The EPA method encourages writers to start with the Evidence, look for Patterns, and then and only then to settle on an Argument.
Professor Dave Explains
Logic in Late Ancient Philosophy
Previously we outlined Aristotle's enormous contributions in establishing logic as a formal field of inquiry. So what happened after that? How did the minds that followed, many directly in his lineage, develop this field further? What is...
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Can AI Legally Be A Patent Inventor?
Is an algorithm a person? Can we make it one? Should we make it one?
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Persuasive Writing
Persuasive Writing explains the concept of persuasive by citing the characteristics and describing the purpose of persuasive text.
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Inflationary Concerns #2 - The Initial Conditions Problem
Cosmologist Paul Steinhardt (Princeton) describes the so-called "initial conditions problem" that makes cosmic inflation very hard to start.