Crash Course Philosophy #9: Anselm and the Argument for God
[9:13] Today we are introducing a new area of philosophy – philosophy of religion. We are starting this unit off with A…
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Crash Course Philosophy #10: Aquinas and the Cosmological Arguments
[10:25] Our unit on the philosophy of religion and the existence of god continues with Thomas Aquinas. Today, we consid…
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Leonard Mlodinow: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behaviour:
[18:43] Leonard Mlodinow engages the audience with a fascinating talk about how our own mind can be fooled by our own min…
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Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives
[18:39] Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, wheth…
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Brad Pitt on why he is not religious
[2:30] Actor Brad Pitt offers his views on religion on the Bill Maher show. [Source: Tyler Durden YouTube link]…
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The power of the placebo effect
[4:37] The placebo effect is an unexplained phenomenon wherein drugs, treatments, and therapies that aren’t suppo…
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Crash Course Philosophy #11: Intelligent Design
[9:33] Last week we introduced Thomas Aquinas’s four cosmological arguments for the existence of god; today we intr…
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Did God Evolve?
[38:29] Professor Steve Jones, UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment Many scientists are atheists. Even so, rel…
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Crash Course Philosophy #12: What is God Like?
[10:31] Today we are moving on from the existence of God to look at the philosophical debate surrounding the traditiona…
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Sam Harris: The Self is an Illusion
[6:52] Sam Harris describes the properties of consciousness and how mindfulness practices of all stripes can be used t…
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