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What is brutality, or primitiveness? How does it factor into logic and philosophy? Let the Gentleman Thinker explain!
How does Descartes try to prove the existence of God in his Meditations?
What are possible worlds, and how do they factor into philosophy and our understanding of language?
Aired January 30, 2015
Is it OK to use sexy thumbnails? Is it objectifying, or sexist?
What do you need to live a good life? Is pleasure the only good?
Aired February 13, 2015
The philosophy of love, chat about sexy underwear, and Valentine’s Day!
Metaphysics! How would we count all the objects in the universe?
If you damage your health, should you pay the price?
What laws do you have to follow, and why should you follow them?
Aired April 10, 2015
What if a gay person wants to use a company of a religious person who doesn't approve of homosexuality? Whose rights win out?
Aired April 24, 2015
Aired April 24, 2015
Cinemasins is a hugely popular channel about movies, but is it a model for critics everywhere?
Aired May 8, 2015
What does the Season 5 opener of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic say about socialism and Ayn Rand? No, really.
Philosophy meets physics, special relativity, and Doctor Who!
Trident will have to renewed or scrapped soon, so is Mutually Assured Destruction the way forward, or is it time to ban the bomb?
When saving lives, should you always save the greatest number? What if you didn’t have to?
What does the EUCHR do for us, and how does philosophy help settle this question?
Nazis! Art! Excitement!
Aired June 19, 2015
What does being a Christian country mean? What did the Prime Minister mean when he said it?
Human Rights, Libertarianism, Abortion, Police Brutality, Government Torture – they’re all connected. But how?
What do Jesus and Marx have in common, and what can an atheist get out of the New Testament?
Is sci-fi hit Rick and Morty actually about the work of Albert Camus?
What even is metaphysics? What do metaphysicians do?
What kinds of philosophical arguments can you construct, and what different techniques do they use?
How can you use your imagination to help you do philosophy?
What are the ways in which you can get knowledge? Here are the main 2 philosophers use!
Aired August 28, 2015
What if someone is pregnant and the father doesn’t want to keep it? Can the mother refuse to get an abortion and then demand child support?
Could the famous Ancient Greek philosopher have been totally made up, or are Plato, Xenophon, and Aristophanes accurate?
How is the Law and the job of judges like a comic book, or a tabletop game? Ronald Dworkin’s Law as Integrity:
Crucial features of language! Indicating words and pointing words!
When awful things happen, can letting go of your emotions and embracing Ancient Greek rationalism be the answer?
Are Artificial Intelligence and Computerised Minds really feasible, technologically and philosophically?
Are prisoners entitled to vote in elections, or is disenfranchisement justified legal punishment?
Aired October 16, 2015
NHS workers have to comply with rules about their appearance; what moral and religious/cultural dilemmas does this raise?
Morally speaking, who does the Man of Steel have a duty to save?
Why do we take pleasure in spooky scary art, and can Hume, Carroll, and Aristotle solve the Paradox of Horror?
When you need experience to get a job, but need a job to get experience, there’s a philosophical and logical name for that!
Hedonism is a philosophical theory about PLEASURE!
Aired November 20, 2015
With the release of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate it’s time to look at some video game philosophy!
Time for some aesthetics and metaphysics! Are songs sets, or abstract objects?
Aired December 4, 2015
In becoming an atheist I went through a Richard Dawkins/Christopher Hitchens phase, but I’ve grown out of it. So here's a personal vlog about that experience, rather than an analysis of their positions.
Margaret Cavendish influenced Hume, Hobbes, and Locke with her theories on science, materialism, minds, and God!
Today we explore the philosophy of cause and effect, determinism and free will, with Pierre-Simon Laplace!
Aired December 25, 2015
Time for some Christmas feminism and theology, revisiting an old video on the Nativity and reading some comments!
