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[6:16] Plato made up an enduring story about why philosophy matters based on an allegory about a cave… [Source: The Sc…

[5:50] Psychologist Paul Bloom believes we are not one inner self but many. How does this affect our concepts of identit…

[5:22] The prisoner’s dilemma is a paradox in decision analysis in which two individuals acting in their own b…

[3:46] The Trolley Problem is a thought experiment in ethics. The general form of the problem is this: There is a runaway …

[7:06] In this video, Molly Gardner (Bowling Green State University) introduces the nonidentity problem. This probl…

[6:29] In this video, Marc Lange (UNC-Chapel Hill) introduces the paradox of confirmation, one that arises from insta…

[1:43:05] If consciousness is just the workings of neurons and synapses, how do we explain the phenomenon of near-deat…

[8:56] An interview with Susan Blackmore about free will in humans. Does free will exist? If not, then why? What are the g…

[8:57] Agustín Rayo (M.I.T.) explains the grandfather paradox, one of the classic paradoxes of time travel. [Source…

[1:47:38] In the words of Blaise Pascal, mathematician and Catholic, “Men never do evil so completely and cheer…