Search Results: "philosophers of the enlightenment"

All Most Recent Most Viewed

16:23 Popular
The Enlightenment: Crash Course European History #18

843 views / 2 likes - added 4 years ago

So far in this series, we've covered a lot of war, disease, climate disaster, and some more war. Well, prepare yourself for something a little more positive. This week, we're talking about the Enlightenment. In this video, you'll learn about the ideas of
13:41
Enlightened Monarchs: Crash Course European History #19

655 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

Last time we learned about the Enlightenment, and the philosophers and thinkers whose ideas would shape governance for hundred of years. This week, we're learning how monarchs across Europe were influenced by those ideas. Adoption of Enlightenment ideas a
48:59
Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark, Ep. 10 "The Smile of Reason"

415 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

Clark discusses the Age of Enlightenment, tracing it from the polite conversations of the elegant Parisian salons of the 18th century to subsequent revolutionary politics, the great European palaces of Blenheim and Versailles, and finally Thomas Jefferson
07:33
Can a Motor run on BEANS?

338 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

Can gallium destroy an engine? How long would it take? What destroys an engine faster, beans or gallium? Even now, in the age of technological enlightenment these are questions that remain unsolved by modern science. Florida Man Shirt - https://outloudmer
04:59 Popular
Who Am I? A Philosophical Inquiry - Amy Adkins

1,144 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/who-am-i-a-philosophical-inquiry-amy-adkins Throughout the history of mankind, the subject of identity has sent poets to the blank page, philosophers to the agora and seekers to the oracles. These murky waters o
03:58 Popular
Pink Panther, Ghostbusters, and Wavin' Flag on Boomwhackers! (2.0)

804 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

After taking Dr. Wizard's Wizard Pills in order to reach rhythmic enlightenment, THUD feels a sudden inclination to play three very specific songs on Boomwhackers. (Unfortunately, the audio of the original version that we posted of this performance was sl
03:22
Meet Japans Toughest Monks

349 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

Yamabushi monks commune with nature to achieve spiritual enlightenment. Its a beautiful journey, but it involves a grueling physical quest. In a ritual that simulates death and rebirth, the Japanese monks hike up a mountain in Yamagata Prefecture, take a
06:00
How to know if you're being selfish (and whether or not that's bad) - Mark Hopwood

71 views / 0 likes - added 4 months ago

Explore a classic philosophical debate and decide: is it human nature to be selfish? And if so, is it possible to overcome it?--The question of whether or not humans are inherently selfish is one of philosophys oldest debates. The idea that we only act ou
11:27 Popular
Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution: Crash Course World History #28

1,360 views / 7 likes - added 9 years ago

In which John Green teaches you about the American Revolution and the American Revolutionary War, which it turns out were two different things. John goes over the issues and events that precipitated rebellion in Britain's American colonies, and he also ex
02:14
The Rubber Hand Illusion

308 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

Watch "The Reality of Reality: A Tale of Five Senses" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1jn86eUX0EPROGRAM DESCRIPTION:Your eyes and ears dont tell you the truth. Thats not what theyre for. The senses evolved to enable us to survive and succeed in the
09:47
Non-Human Animals: Crash Course Philosophy #42

616 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Today we are taking all the things we have learned this year about doing philosophy and applying that to moral considerations regarding non-human animals. We’ll explore what philosophers like Peter Singer and Carl Cohen have to say about their use, includ
04:19
Who decides what art means? - Hayley Levitt

695 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

Find out how students can share their ideas as TED Talks here: http://bit.ly/2zpAQUc View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/who-decides-what-art-means-hayley-levitt There is a question that has been tossed around by philosophers and art critics for
08:54
Poverty & Our Response To It: Crash Course Philosophy #44

658 views / 2 likes - added 7 years ago

We’re picking up where we left off last time, exploring the “ethics of care” and how it applies to extreme poverty. Are we responding to global poverty in a moral way? Philosophers like Peter Singer argue that we have an obligation to prevent harm caused
02:27 Popular
CHICKEN or EGG: Which Came First? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS

1,680 views / 9 likes - added 7 years ago

It’s a mystery as old as time: do you need an egg to hatch the first chicken, or do you need a chicken to lay the first egg? This question has stumped farmers and philosophers alike for centuries, but today you’re in luck because we’re answering this one
08:50
Is Space a Thing?

547 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

Try 23andMe: http://www.23andme.com/okay Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Since the days of Ancient Greece, philosophers and scientists have been wondering: What is space? Is the absence
09:14 Popular
Personhood: Crash Course Philosophy #21

818 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Now that we’ve started talking about identity, today Hank tackles the question of personhood. Philosophers have tried to assess what constitutes personhood with a variety of different criteria, including genetic, cognitive, social, sentience, and the grad
13:44
Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science #20

490 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

It's Earth Science time!!!! In this field, natural philosophers were asking questions like, whats up with fossils? Are they the remains of extinct organisms? Or are they so-called sports of naturerocks that just happen to look like living things but dont
16:59 Popular
Food Theory:Coffee, Science's MOST IMPORTANT Discovery!

740 views / 1 likes - added 3 years ago

Subscribe to become a Food Theorist! https://bit.ly/2CdCooV How to always WIN McDonald's Monopoly! https://youtu.be/ZOcI_9pAR_ACoffee, the elixir of many genius minds throughout history. You see, coffee itself is a fundamental building block of the world
09:52
The real experiments that inspired Frankenstein

419 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

When Mary Shelley published her iconic novel in 1818, raising the dead seemed to be the near-future. Join the Video Lab! http://bit.ly/video-lab Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has been reimagined onscreen hundreds of times and is a staple of pop culture. The
10:12 Popular
The Meaning Of Knowledge: Crash Course Philosophy #7

777 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

On today’s episode...CATS. Also: Hank talks about some philosophy stuff, like a few of the key concepts philosophers use when discussing belief and knowledge, such as what defines an assertion and a proposition, and that belief is a kind of propositional
11:06
PHILOSOPHY - David Hume

635 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

David Hume is one of Scotland’s greatest philosophers (Adam Smith is another, about whom we also have a film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejJRhn53X2M). His claim to greatness lies in his appreciation of ordinary experience, his descriptions of consciou
1:01:45 Popular
Information, Evolution, And Intelligent Design - With Daniel Dennett

719 views / 1 likes - added 8 years ago

Daniel Dennett explores the first steps towards a unified theory of information, through common threads in the convergence of evolution, learning, and engineering. Subscribe for regular science talks: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The concept of information i
07:21 Popular
How the Meter Became the Meter

1,396 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

Try CuriosityStream and learn something new today: http://curiositystream.com/smart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ The meter is the world’s ultimate measure, but how did it become “the” meter? What is this measurement based on? The story of this revoluti
Featured
09:51
How to Spot an Alien, According to NASA!

503 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

We often think of aliens as space monsters or little green men with laser guns, but what might alien life actually be like? Here we take a look at NASA's definition of life, and see how it's being used in the exploration of the cosmos, as well as in the c
14:01
The Congress of Vienna: Crash Course European History #23

462 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

The end of the Napoleonic Wars left the great powers of Europe shaken. Judging from the destruction that had been wrought across the continent, it seemed to the powers that be that the Enlightenment had liberated the people, and led to disaster. So, every
09:09
The phony health craze that inspired hypnotism

284 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

In the 1780s, a charismatic healer caused a stir in Paris.Subscribe to Vox and turn on notifications () so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOScientific progress in the 18th century in Europe, a period known as the Age of Enlightenment, was de
12:00
A Problem You'll Never Solve

498 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

Watch my newest video, "The Game You Win By Losing (Parrondo's Paradox)": https://youtu.be/PpvboBJEozMCuriosity Box: https://www.curiositybox.comMrBeasts $1,000,000 Dilemma: https://youtu.be/NkYCWqzBc7MNewcombs Paradox has confounded philosophers, mathema
05:13
What is consciousness? - Michael S. A. Graziano

589 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

Explore the theories of human consciousness and the science of how your brain works to create a conscious experience. -- Patient P.S. suffered a stroke that damaged the right side of her brain, leaving her unaware of everything on her left side. If someon
04:25
When is anger justified? A philosophical inquiry - Delaney Thull

45 views / 0 likes - added 3 months ago

Explore different philosophers ideas about anger and dig into their theories on how we should handle this complicated emotion.--Anger is a complicated emotion. It can feel reasonable and righteous or impulsive and uncontrollable. Anger can be an important
13:08
What Cats Teach Us About Happiness | A Cat's Philosophy

222 views / 0 likes - added 2 years ago

Most of the time, cats come across as utterly indifferent. They dont seem to care about other cats and arent too attached to their owners. But does this mean that cats are immoral, heartless creatures? Are cats, from a philosophical viewpoint, devoid of e
32:16
A Series of Fortunate Events with Sean B. Carroll

279 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

Is simple chance the source of all the beauty and diversity we see in the world? Sean B. Carroll tells the story of the awesome power of chance.Sean's book "A Series of Fortunate Events" is available now: https://geni.us/mPPrdQHWatch the Q&A: https://yout
Louis' Shoes | Award-Winning CG Animated Short Film

279 views / 0 likes - added 2 years ago

Louis, 8-and-a-half years old, is autistic. He arrives at his new school and is about to introduce himself.A selection of Short of the Week, the web's leading curators of quality short films.SUBMIT A FILM: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/submit/FULL REVIEW
05:13 Popular
Do We Live In A Special Part Of The Universe?

781 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

In ancient times, astronomers and philosophers thought that the Earth was the center of the Universe. We know that’s wrong, but is there anything special about where we live? Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.

>> View philosophers enlightenment web videos