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[6:56] We know that there is not Nothing. There is Something. It is not the case that there is no world, nothing at all, a bl…
MORECrash Course Philosophy #2: How to Argue – Philosophical Reasoning
[9:42] Before we dive into the big questions of philosophy, you need to know how to argue properly. We’ll start with an …
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[2:43] Culturally speaking, Americans tend to believe in choice more than, say, Eastern cultures. But how do personal …
MOREPHILOSOPHY – Schopenhauer
[9:28] Arthur Schopenhauer was deeply influenced by Buddhist thought and is in many ways the West’s answer to it: he t…
MOREPHILOSOPHY – Baruch Spinoza
[8:34] Spinoza tried to replace the bible with a scientifically-based ethical system. He succeeded in theory – but n…
MORELawrence Krauss: Teaching Creationism is Child Abuse
[3:32] The last thing we want to do is water down the teaching of biology because some people don’t recognize that …
MOREThe Truth About PhD Creationists
[18:28] So this creationist named Oucher Owl kept polluting my comments section with ravings about how we’re near th…
MOREHave Christians read their bible?
[10:51] MY CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN NATURE IN 2016…Using religious belief as an example. I wrote an article a couple …
MORECrash Course Philosophy #3: How to Argue – Induction & Abduction
[10:17] We continue our look at philosophical reasoning by introducing two more types: induction and abduction. Hank …
MOREJulian Baggini: Is there a real you?
[12:02] What makes you, you? Is it how you think of yourself, how others think of you, or something else entirely? In this …
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