The Examined Life: Introduction to Philosophy

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The Examined Life brings learners the philosophic wisdom of the western world in 26 half-hour episodes. Each episode examines one of the "Great Questions" that have intrigued philosophers from antiquity to the present. Using writings of past philosophers and interviews with contemporary philosophers, the series underscores how these classic questions still reverberate in modern society. Produced in cooperation with Netherlands Educational Corporation (TELEAC) and the Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company (UR).

Disc 1:
What is Philosophy? / What is Human Nature? / Is Mind Distinct From Body? / Is There an Enduring Self? / Are We Social Beings? / What is Real? / How Do We Encounter the World?

Disc 2:
Do We Have Free Will? / Is Time Real? Goes God Exist? / Can We Know God Through Experience? / Is Reason the Source of Knowledge? / Does Knowledge Depend on Experience? / Does the Mind Shape the World?

Disc 3:
How Does Science Add to Knowledge? / Does Science Give Us Truth? / Are Interpretations True? Is Morality Relative? / Does the End Justify the Means? / Can Rules Define Morality? / Is Ethics Based on Virtue?

Disc 4:
Moral Dilemmas: Can Ethics Help? / What Justifies the State? / What is Justice? / What is Art? / What is the Meaning of Life?

Episode runt time is 30 minutes. All episodes are closed captioned for the hearing impaired. MARC records are available for all episodes through marc4media.com. Purchase price includes single-site classroom audiovisual use rights. All other rights including broadcast, duplication and digital delivery are expressly reserved by INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications. This copyright material falls outside the scope of the TEACH Act and may not be digitally transmitted for distance learning without a proper license.

The Examined Life: Introduction to Philosophy Review

I've taught philosophy for about 10 years and have made this recommended material for my introductory courses. This video series has 26 episodes of about 30 minutes each covering all the usual topics in an introduction to philosophy course. It is nothing short of outstanding. While it might look expensive, the series used to be $1000 directly from the publisher so it is finally reasonable if you pick up a used copy. (Especially when you consider it has 13 hours of video). The strength of the series is that it has interviews from some of the leading philosophers of the 20th century (mostly American and British). Some, including Ronald Dworkin, James Rachels, and W.V. Quine, have since passed away making this an important piece of history as well. Other strengths include sharp editing, actors to recreate some philosophical scenes (such as Plato's dialogues)and also adequate musical accompaniment and clear narration very obviously handled with advisement from professional philosophers. Weaknesses are not many but include marginal acting (what do you expect from an educational video?), lack of captioning, and the material is not probably challenging enough for the advanced student. That said, it covers many of the big questions in philosophy of mind, religion, etc so we're all amateurs when it comes to those. The lecture series from "the learning company" go deeper than this one but the Examined Life has far better production quality and is comparable to other best-selling documentaries currently on amazon. This is as good as it gets for philosophy videos/documentaries right now folks. Happy viewing!

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