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A History of Ideas Clips

  1. Karl Popper's FalsificationPhysicist Tara Shears on Falsification

    Duration: 01:50

  2. Wittgenstein’s Beetle in the Box AnalogyNeuropsychologist Paul Broks on Wittgenstein

    Duration: 01:40

  3. If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound?Philosopher Clare Carlisle on Reality and Perception

    Duration: 01:50

  4. Can You Believe In Miracles?Lawyer Harry Potter on Eyewitness Testimony

    Duration: 01:36

  5. I love my mum (but not like that...)Writer Lisa Appignanesi on the Love of Children

    Duration: 01:41

  6. Sartre: Love is a hazardous, painful struggle.Psychotherapist Mark Vernon on Freud

    Duration: 01:43

  7. Love? What’s in it for me?Theologian Giles Fraser on Altruism

    Duration: 01:37

  8. How two halves make a whole.Classicist Edith Hall on Aristophanes in Plato

    Duration: 01:43

  9. Aidan Turner on Confucian Ancestor WorshipPhilosopher Timothy Secret on Ancestor Worship

    Duration: 01:35

  10. Plato's Philosopher KingsPhilosopher Angie Hobbs on Plato's Philosopher Kings

    Duration: 01:30

  11. Does an invisible hand guide the economy?Economist Kate Barker on the Free Market

    Duration: 01:35

  12. John Locke on TolerationHistorian Justin Champion on Toleration

    Duration: 01:40

  13. Jean-Paul Sartre and Existential ChoiceWriter AL Kennedy on Sartre and the Individual

    Duration: 02:04

  14. Rene Descartes - “I think, therefore I am”Philosopher Barry Smith on Descartes and Consciousness

    Duration: 01:56

  15. Know ThyselfPaul Broks on John Locke and Personal Identity

    Duration: 02:07

  16. Erving Goffman and The Performed SelfPhilosopher Jules Evans on Jung and the Mind

    Duration: 01:58

  17. Habeas CorpusHistorian Alice Taylor on Habeas Corpus

    Duration: 01:58

  18. Civil DisobedienceThomas Hobbes and Civil Disobedience

    Duration: 02:06

  19. The Veil Of IgnorancePhilosopher Angie Hobbs on the Veil of Ignorance

    Duration: 01:36

  20. Lex Talionis and RetributionBarrister Harry Potter on Deterrence

    Duration: 01:53

  21. Aristotle on 'Flourishing'Philosopher Jules Evans on Aristotle and Flourishing

    Duration: 01:59

  22. Max Weber and the Protestant EthicJustin Champion on Max Weber and the Protestant Ethic

    Duration: 01:51

  23. Buddhism’s Four Noble TruthsNaomi Appleton on the Buddha's Four Noble Truths

    Duration: 01:41

  24. Ayn Rand on SelfishnessAyn Rand and Selfishness

    Duration: 02:05

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