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Jeffrey Kaplan @UC_hukbByJP7OZ3Xm2tszacQ@youtube.com

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I am a philosophy professor. These are my video lectures.


28:28
Russell's Paradox - a simple explanation of a profound problem
33:51
Peter Singer - ordinary people are evil
23:20
Lecture #9: How to Read so that you *Retain* Information
09:44
Lecture #10: How to Memorize Anything - EFFICIENTLY
14:17
The Liar Paradox - an explanation of the paradox from 400 BCE
28:41
Plato's Euthyphro - Which comes first: God or Morality?
18:26
Lecture #11: Taking Notes Effectively - which words should you write down?
30:55
What is it Like to be a Bat? - the hard problem of consciousness
28:30
The famous Chinese Room thought experiment - John Searle (1980)
25:04
Immanuel Kant's Moral Theory - a summary with examples
11:55
The first 7 philosophy texts you should read
11:34
Occam's Razor - rational principles explained
34:06
Gottlob Frege - On Sense and Reference
19:13
Lecture #7 - My Method for Defeating Procrastination
29:27
What is Philosophy? - First Lecture of the Semester
25:21
Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morals
21:11
Frank Jackson's famous 'Mary's Room' Thought Experiment
40:59
René Descartes - Meditation #1 - The Method of Doubt
22:58
Semester Ethics Course condensed into 22mins (Part 1 of 2)
15:39
To Do Well In College: Don't Work Hard, Work Efficiently
18:17
How to Read Philosophy
27:43
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics - Book I
31:37
Utilitarianism
23:39
David Hume's Argument Against Moral Realism
24:54
The Hard Problem of Consciousness
33:44
What is Legal Positivism?
19:58
How Aristotle Thought about the World
18:54
Legal Positivism - the dominant theory in jurisprudence
29:17
Hart - Concept of Law - Ch 2 (Summary of John Austin's Theory of Law)
26:32
Does your RED look the same as my RED?
43:44
René Descartes - Meditation #3 - A Cosmological Proof of God's Existence
22:48
René Descartes - Meditation #2 - I think, therefore, I am
20:44
Ronald Dworkin's attack on HLA Hart's Theory of Law
18:27
The Zombie Argument (from David Chalmers)
30:35
Bernard Williams' Attack on Moral Relativism
29:57
"Proper Names" by John Searle
12:20
Moral Skepticism and Moral Objectivism
47:59
A.J. Ayer's Emotivist Theory of Moral Language
33:52
The Mind-Brain Identity Theory
29:25
Functionalism
15:57
Gilbert Ryle attacks Descartes' Dualism as a 'Category Mistake'
23:40
Student Loans are Great, But Only if Used Correctly
20:44
Rules for Interacting with College Professors - Office Hours, Email, Letters of Recommendation
19:15
Semester Ethics Course condensed (Part 2 of 2)
17:15
The Behaviorist Theory of Mind
15:40
Princess Elisabeth's attack on Descartes' Dualist Theory of Mind (from 1643)
16:20
John Stuart Mill - one minor mistake
23:15
Guide for Writing a Philosophy Paper
16:33
How to Make College Courses Easy and How *Not* to Practice "Self-Care"
02:43
The Compositionality of Language explained
20:17
How much of the reading do you have to do in college courses?
20:09
Hedonism
29:07
Hart - Concept of Law - Ch 5 (Primary and Secondary Rules)
51:01
What is Philosophy?
28:51
René Descartes - Meditation #6 - Proof of the Physical World & Distinction Between Mind and Body
26:06
René Descartes - Meditation #4 - The Problem of Error
26:33
John Locke's argument, from 1689, for Divine Morality -- it's strengths and weaknesses
01:13:55
Does Objective Morality Exist? - A philosophical presentation and discussion
13:24
An Explanation of the Normative-Descriptive Distinction (and the varieties of normativity)
22:27
An Explanation of Terminology used in Metaethics