Ted Koppel's interview with Nelson Mandela in 1990 on ABC News. Nelson Mandela visited the U.S. for the first time after being freed from 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa. Here is sectioned out... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 5 months 2 weeks ago • 6 views • 8:19

Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a well-known British philosopher, writer and speaker, best known for his interpretation of Eastern philosophy for Western audiences.

posted by bobknight33 4 years 3 weeks ago • 108 views • 12:54

I've heard a lot of discussions about Banksy, but this does a really good job of explaining it from all sides as well as giving it thorough philosophical and historical context. Good stuff.

YT - ThePanthNetwork Published on Feb 20, 2012 This video answers the questions "What is Pantheism?" and "What do Pantheists believe?" Please watch this video with your volume up, as it does not... continue reading

posted by Buck 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 67 views • 3:26

I have always pondered this. Abbott's Flatland was just the departure point.

posted by oblio70 7 years 8 months ago • 58 views • 27:07

We’re used to thinking hugely well of democracy. But interestingly, one of the wisest people who ever lived, Socrates, had deep suspicions of it.

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 28 views • 4:22

***Contains spoilers about the show, you have been warned.***

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 6 months ago • 594 views • 6:46

Damn! I didn't learn this essential Life Lesson until halfway through Architecture School in University. That lesson hit me hard and I cursed that I wasted so much time and effort beforehand. Just do... continue reading

posted by oblio70 8 years 7 months ago • 1,973 views • 3:48

Is what is said ... what is implied? YouTube: Last week we talked about language and meaning. Today, Hank explores some of the things that complicate meaning and how we get around that. We’ll explain... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 7 months ago • 596 views • 9:11

YouTube: As we continue explore free will, today Hank considers a middle ground between hard determinism and libertarian free will: compatibilism. This view seeks to find ways that our internally motivated... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 132 views • 8:55

YouTube description: Now that we’ve left behind the philosophy of religion, it’s time to start exploring what other ways might exist to find meaning in the world. Today we explore essentialism and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 10 months 1 week ago • 406 views • 8:54

YouTube description: Today we conclude our unit on Philosophy of Religion and Hank gets a little help from Indiana Jones to explain religious pragmatism and Pascal’s Wager, fideism, and Kierkegaard’s... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 162 views • 9:13

YouTube description: This week we answer skeptics like Descartes with empiricism. Hank explains John Locke’s primary and secondary qualities and why George Berkeley doesn’t think that distinction... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 4 weeks ago • 147 views • 9:52

YouTube: Disenchanted with the out-of-date curriculum of traditional college, Jeremy Rossmann dropped out of MIT. Within a few years, he and co-founder Ashu Desai, started The Make School, a college replacement... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 493 views • 4:02

Single cells with TV and private bathroom. No bars on windows. Daily life spent between work and school. Even a cottage where inmates can spend weekends with their families. Welcome to new Halden Prison,... continue reading

posted by truth-is-the-nemesis 1 decade 1 year 9 months 4 weeks ago • 564 views • 8:05