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In this first of two videos, Andrew Janiak of Duke University introduces Émilie du Châtelet, a French philosopher, and explains her contribution to the debate about the principle of sufficient reason. [4...
EXAMINED LIFE takes philosophy out of the darkened corners of academia and into the hustle and bustle of the everyday, a visual reminder that great ideas are born through profound engagement with the world...
Ten years after graduating with a degree in philosophy from UC Berkeley, filmmaker Tao Ruspoli returned to visit his one-time professor, philosopher Herbert Dreyfus. That visit led to meetings with other...
"In 1963, Rossellini announced that he had abandoned cinema and would start working in television. He directed nine telefilms on historical subjects and six short documentaries, claiming TV could be used as...
Considered by many to be the birthplace of Western thought, ancient Greece was home to many of the world’s great minds. The complex and intriguing philosophies of Aristotle, Socrates, Plato and Pythagoras...
In this film - essentially a filmed lecture, rather than a documentary - Stephen Hicks looks at the ways in which the ideology of the Third Reich was influenced by the philosophical thought of Friedrich...
A video about the French philosopher Jacques Derrida, made over five years and capturing him as he lives and works in his daily life. Derridis filmed on his first trip to South Africa where, after visiting...
This film about Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855) features experts Paul Müller, Johannes Møllehave, Joakim Garff, Niels Barfoed, Jørgen Carlsen and Ole Morsing speaking about five major...
In an interview with Woodrow Wyatt, Lord Russell envisions an organised and static world. He also points out humanity’s capability, through education and self-knowledge, to abolish war, poverty and...
An introduction to the thought of Plotinus by Peter Adamson, Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at King’s College London. Plotinus is commonly regarded as the greatest philosopher of late...
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