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In their video on AI, PBS Idea Channel touched on some issues that relate nicely to this thought experiment by John Searle.
Just a quick video thanking all you Philosofans out there. Keep being amazing.
A video to acknowledge all the awesome fan mail and stuff you Philosofans have been sending in.
Philosophy exams are tough, so here's my top six tips for getting through them!
Something a little different! A Philosofan recommended an online video game to me called 'Socrates Jones: Pro Philosopher' in which you play as a character examining the arguments of famous philosophers, Phoenix Wright-style. So I made a Let's Play video of it!
The bizarre adventures of Socrates Jones continue! This episode features Euthyphro, as in the Euthyphro dilemma, as well as songs from the Little Mermaid and CSI!
The quest continues! Featuring Star Trek: TNG and a bizarre vendetta against footwear emporium proprietors.
A quick Behind the Scenes with Olly, just to address a request from some Philosofans.
The lecture goes into depth about Camus' views, his critique of Kierkegaard and the existentialist position, and Night Vale!
"It goes on, I see. As my soul prompts it!"
Some serious drama in this episode as we edge ever closer to the epic conclusion!
Not so much philosophical as "philosophical". A Philosofan sent me a lovely message, so I recorded this response.
A blooper reel, a lot of which occurred during today's filming so it's also kind of a preview of Friday's episode on personal identity.
The penultimate episode of Socrates Jones is here! We take on Immanuel Kant, the toughest of the tough, and I show off my range of voice acting capabilities by switching accents rapidly!
It has finally come to an end! What a great series, thanks for watching, and thank you to Connor Fallon for making the game!
Today is Philosophy Tube's birthday, so here's a montage of how far we've all come in the last year! We've done amazing things, so here's to next year being even better!
A Google+ hangout starring YOU, plus your fan mail answered, to answer your questions and say thank you to everyone who supports the channel and me with their loveliness.
Are you thinking about studying philosophy and want to know what it's like? What can you actually DO with a philosophy degree? Watch and find out!
There are loads of teenagers on YouTube, so in this episode of Behind the Scenes with Olly I was inspired by Maddie Moate to spread a format that could help them out a bit. It got a bit emotional towards the end! If you're a content creator then make your own!
Here’s my ice bucket challenge video, I couldn’t escape being nominated forever! My private donation and all the ad revenue money from this video will go to the Alzheimer’s Society.
We hit 10K subs a while ago, so I did a Google hangout to say thank you and answer questions. This is the edited version, I cut some questions if they were ones that I couldn’t really answer properly, or if the recording was too sketchy, or if I'd answered them elsewhere before. Thanks to everyone who turned up!
Discussion includes the role of physics, the ethics of owning a pet, absurdism, YouTube "fame", travel, philosophy A-level and my favourite novel!
Here’s an audio guide to supporting the channel by watching, commenting, subscribing, sending fan mail, getting involved on Twitter and Facebook, interacting with adverts and PATREON!
“Mouse-X” is an awesome little scifi film with clones in it, but what does it teach us about free will?
The story the media tells you about being a YouTuber leaves some important things out...
A review of ‘Tetralogue: I’m Right, You’re Wrong’ by Timothy Williamson, a philosophy book!
Aired April 25, 2015
I'm having a hangout to celebrate 25,000 subscribers (26,000 now actually) so come along and say hi!
Hooray for 2 years!
Welcome to the channel! Here's me and what I know!
Aired January 16, 2016
Here's the hangout I did in celebration of 50,000 subscribers! Thanks to all who turned up and asked questions!
Here’s some books from my reading list on philosophy, economics, terrorism, feminism, and trans rights!
Comments about human rights, racism, power, feminism, and Islam!
Here’s an unscheduled, unscripted vlog about YouTube Nextup, the competition that I won, and being a YouTuber
Aired April 19, 2016
Replying to comments from videos on Marx, Pokémon, and Gender.
Reading out your comments on Kantian metaphysics, as well as whether animals can have knowledge!
To celebrate three years of Philosophy Tube, I decided to sit down and answer some questions and fan mail! Thanks for your support!
Here's a bonus video: I need your help to keep the channel alive, so here's 3 ways you can help!
More book recommendations, from philosophy to economics, psychology, colonialism, feminism and existentialism from Simone de Beauvoir, and fiction!
Aired July 6, 2016
A hangout with Olly from Philosophy Tube to celebrate 75,000 subscribers and 3 million views! I'll be taking your questions and answering them live!
Answering your comments about Bernie Sanders vs Hillary Clinton, and the EU referendum that resulted in Brexit and chat about immigration and sovereignty
Here's some reading recommendations for you - covering linguistics, the Pirahã people of the Amazon, history, capitalism, slavery, the British Empire, and anarchism! Books by Daniel Everett and Eric Williams!
Answering your comments about anime fanservice and aesthetics; X-Men, politics, discrimination, and Magneto's use of violence as a revolutionary tactic vs Professor X's liberalism. Also, I witter about Dragonball GT.
This video is a few things: a vlog from Summer in the City in London, a serious chat about Patreon and the channel’s future, an interactive game of spot the famous YouTuber in the background, and the story of what Philosophy Tube is for, why I started, and the value of education.
Books to check out! Some neuroscience and brain stuff, Edward Said's "Culture & Imperialism," and Frantz Fanon on Muslim women wearing veils during the Algerian revolution! Very relevant to France and "burkinis." Oh, and "Art is Dead' by TomSka and Matt Ley.
Reading and replying to your comments about politics and honesty Vs "electability," as well as brains, psychology, and philosophy! Also in this video: H.P. Lovecraft and DragonBall GT.
More philosophy books! Ludwig Wittgenstein on colour; Carl Schmitt on politics, God, religion, and why he was a Nazi; and Miranda Fricker on the link between knowledge and ethics.
Let’s look at your comments from my episodes on the philosophy of crowdfunding, which talked about aesthetics, art, and economics, and my video about children, which talked about ethics and reproductive rights!
Higher learning is hard! If you're going to university or college and want to get good grades, there is a secret technique that I can teach you to pass with flying colours! It'll help with essays and with exams!
Here’s me answering your comments about Donald Trump, politics, terrorism, and liberalism, as well as Black Mirror, war, remembrance, and my handsome face – apparently!
I made a sponsored video as part of a campaign for SOAS, University of London. I'm donating the entire fee to their Student Union, but please, if you can, help me give away more free education!
Philosophy reading recommendations! Books about prisons and government surveillance, religion, capitalism, history, colonialism, slavery, and economics! Featuring French philosopher Michel Foucault and historian Max Weber!
Here’s me answering your comments about anarchy, the Internet Creators’ Guild, and the overlap between technology and politics!
Time to go through your comments from my series on the philosophy of Creativity! We talked about art, how to be creative, the link between creativity and anxiety
Time for some more reading recommendations! This month I’m talking about Graham Greene, the artist David Hockney, crime and punishment, politics, and Slavoj Žižek.
Here’s me answering your comments from two videos, one about White Supremacist Propaganda and one about 1984, Knowledge, & Power!
Aired April 30, 2017
Here's me answering your comments about the paradox of omnipotence, and about what fame and celebrity are. PLUS a special something for reaching 100,000 subscribers!
Here’s me answering your comments about Law, Order, Policing, Prisons, Government Surveillance, and French philosopher Michel Foucault!
Here are your questions and comments about George Berkeley and God, and John Locke and Colonialism!
To celebrate 125,000 subscribers I'm having a hangout! Come along and we'll chat; ask me your questions, say hello, look forward to Summer in the City with me!
Here’s a vlog from Summer in the City, the big annual online video convention in London! I had so much fun - thank you to everyone who came!
Here's me answering your comments about Kant and Lying, and the human rights of refugees!
Here's me reading out your comments about the philosophy of religion and what it means to have faith, and also the metaphysics of time and whether time really passes or stands still!
Thank you to all the inspiring teachers everywhere
Aired October 2, 2017
To celebrate 150,000 subscribers I'm having a hangout, so come along and say hello, ask me questions, chillout!
Here I go through the feedback from the 'What Was Liberalism?' series; talk about what was missing, what was good. Thanks for all your feedback!
Talking about the link between emotion and politics; learning French from a children's book; Noam Chomsky and American media; and Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein!
Here’s me reading your comments from the last month of the show, talking about the difference between creative expression and creative communication, plus being nice on YouTube!
Aired December 8, 2017
A vlog about something very different - longevity, technology, businessmen, a conference in Madrid, political activism, and artificially intelligent robot seals!
Here's the last few books I've been reading! This month's theme is ideas and how they're transmitted. Some Horkheimer and the Frankfurt School, some epistemology and ethics, and some feminist history with Susan Faludi! Enjoy!
Here’s me answering your comments from the big video I did on Antifa, plus some stuff about YouTube, communication, and morality. Enjoy!
Book time! Our theme this time is citations, and how to do them right! Some hardcore philosophy of mind with Simon Critchley's "Infinitely Demanding," Edward Said's "Orientalism," and some new Marxism with George Ciccariello-Maher's "Decolonising Dialectics." Enjoy!
Your questions and comments about rationality answered!
Aired February 22, 2018
To celebrate reaching 175,000 subscribers I'll be hanging out, answering questions from the live chat and generally having a fun time!
Aired March 4, 2018
If you're one of the people who'd like to see me in my other job as an actor, then on Friday the 30th of March I'll be in "The Passion of Jesus in Trafalgar Square" as Pontius Pilate, and understudying Jesus!
To celebrate International Women's Day, here's 3 books either by or about inspiring women! Some stuff on s*x work with Melissa Grant's "Playing the Whore," some sociology with Ashton Applewhite's "This Chair Rocks," and some witchcraft history with Silvia Federici's "Caliban and the Witch."
Answering your comments about the ethics of "autonomous vehicles," especially in the wake of Uber's recent debacle in Arizona, as well the Ethiopian philosopher Zera Yacob.
Here's me answering your questions and comments about putting minds inside computers, and also about flat earth and why people reject scientific statements. Enjoy!
Here's a video chatting about a great book I read recently that's topping charts and winning all sorts of awards here in the UK!
Here’s me going through your comments from the last month of the show, including some stuff about Hegel, White Fragility, and Healthcare!
Aired June 1, 2018
To celebrate five years of making this show I decided to go back, re-watch my very first slightly cringeworthy video, and give my unscripted reactions. Thank you to all of you for an amazing 5 years!
To mark the channel reaching 200,000 subs I'll be having a livestream, taking questions, and talking about my upcoming VidCon visit, plus Natalie stops by for a chat!
Here's me going through your comments about Fake News, consuming media responsibly, the collab I did with Peter Coffin, and all things Plato!
Here’s some book recommendations along political lines, including some stuff about Venezuela and communes, as well as some stuff about intellectual disability and what it can tell us about democracy.
This is a lecture I gave to students at the Hague about the ethics of using Artificial Intelligence in warfare. I haven't given many lectures before, so I was a bit nervous! Thank you to everyone at THUAS for a wonderful time and your insightful questions!
Here's some reading recommendations on the theme of data and how it can lead us astray! Includes some economics, some philosophy of technology, and some cool science!
I've improved Philosophy Tube's sound, and picture - what's next? My face! Watch me struggle through learning makeup, and also celebrate reaching 10 million views!
Aired November 26, 2018
300,000 Subs woooooo!
Hanging out and talking about the Housing Crisis with Mexie!
Going through the feedback from the last episode, hanging out, chatting and having a chill time of it :)
Talking about the lobster book, giving general thoughts and impressions
Aired May 6, 2019
WOW! Philosophy Tube reached a million subscribers at last, so come along and celebrate with me!
An exclusive look behind the scenes at Philosophy Tube, an educational web channel about philosophy, created by Abigail Thorn.
From starting out filming herself in her parents’ bedroom to an audience of over a million, Abigail has created a platform that both educates and entertains, by combining her expertise in philosophy and a passion for theatre. This candid interview details the history of the channel, her creative process in bringing it to life, and her hopes and fears for the future of content creators.
