Philosophy 101:
Philosophy on Video
Critical Thinking:
Inoculation Science - brief videos to pre-bunk common misinformation methjods
The Colour Changing Card Trick - featuring psychologist Richard Wiseman - amazing!
See if you can figure out the trick behind the ESP test!
Bayou to Beltway with Dr. Brooke Breaux and Dr. Robert Michael, Feb. 3, 2021 - UL professors discuss confirmation bias, fake news, etc.
Descartes:
The Matrix and Descartes - brief, but with several eminent philosophers and clips from the movie.The Mind/Body Problem:
See Descartes house!
Three Minute Philosophy: Descartes - 56 seconds longer than advertised, contains some strong language, includes out-takes.
The Mark Steel Lectures (Parts 1, 2 and 3) - witty and includes biographical and historical background.
Philosophers Bernard Williams and Bryan Magee discuss Descartes (Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) - very low production values, but Williams is an eminent scholar.
All of Descartes works, including the standard Adam and Tannery edition, are available for free online.
Here is a nicely done student-created video about Descartes on the mind/body problem.
Here is a whole series of interviews with philosophy professors about the mind/body problem.
Personal Identity:
A British guy does a nice job of explaining the problem of personal identity.
Another British guy explains the problem of personal identity and various proposed solutions from Locke, Reid, etc.
Philosopher Derek Parfit discusses fission and teleportation thought experiments.
