February 8, 2016 • 10m
Today Hank begins to teach you about Philosophy by discussing the historical origins of philosophy in ancient Greece, and its thre...Read more
February 16, 2016 • 9m
Before we dive into the big questions of philosophy, you need to know how to argue properly. We’ll start with an overview of philo...Read more
February 22, 2016 • 10m
We continue our look at philosophical reasoning by introducing two more types: induction and abduction. Hank explains their streng...Read more
February 29, 2016 • 9m
Today Hank gains insight from that most philosophical of figures...Leonardo DiCaprio. In this episode, we’re talking about the pro...Read more
March 7, 2016 • 10m
This week Hank introduces skepticism, exploring everything from the nature of reality through the eyes of a 17th century philosoph...Read more
March 15, 2016 • 9m
This week we answer skeptics like Descartes with empiricism. Hank explains John Locke’s primary and secondary qualities and why Ge...Read more
March 21, 2016 • 10m
On today’s episode...CATS. Also: Hank talks about some philosophy stuff, like a few of the key concepts philosophers use when disc...Read more
March 28, 2016 • 8m
The early 1900s was an amazing time for Western science, as Albert Einstein was developing his theories of relativity and psycholo...Read more
April 4, 2016 • 9m
Today we are introducing a new area of philosophy – philosophy of religion. We are starting this unit off with Anselm’s argument f...Read more
April 11, 2016 • 10m
Our unit on the philosophy of religion and the existence of god continues with Thomas Aquinas. Today, we consider his first four a...Read more
April 25, 2016 • 9m
Last week we introduced Thomas Aquinas’s four cosmological arguments for the existence of god; today we introduce his fifth argume...Read more
May 2, 2016 • 10m
Today we are moving on from the existence of God to look at the philosophical debate surrounding the traditional divine attributes...Read more
May 9, 2016 • 10m
After weeks of exploring the existence of nature of god, today Hank explores one of the biggest problems in theism, and possibly t...Read more
May 16, 2016 • 9m
Today we explore what obligations we hold with our personal beliefs. Hank explains epistemic responsibility and the issues it rais...Read more
May 23, 2016 • 9m
Today we conclude our unit on Philosophy of Religion and Hank gets a little help from Indiana Jones to explain religious pragmatis...Read more
June 6, 2016 • 8m
Now that we’ve left behind the philosophy of religion, it’s time to start exploring what other ways might exist to find meaning in...Read more
June 13, 2016 • 9m
Today we are talking about death, looking at philosophical approaches from Socrates, Epicurus, and Zhuangzi. We will consider whet...Read more
June 20, 2016 • 9m
Hank explores different ways of understanding identity – including the Indiscernibility of Identicals, and essential and accidenta...Read more
June 27, 2016 • 8m
Today Hank is building on last week’s exploration of identity to focus on personal identity. Does it in reside in your body? Is it...Read more
July 11, 2016 • 9m
How can Daenerys Targaryen help us understand personal identity? Find out as Hank continues our exploration of personal identity, ...Read more
July 25, 2016 • 9m
Now that we’ve started talking about identity, today Hank tackles the question of personhood. Philosophers have tried to assess wh...Read more
August 1, 2016 • 9m
Today we continue our unit on identity by asking where the mind resides. Hank explains the mind-body problem and several approache...Read more
August 8, 2016 • 9m
Today Hank explores artificial intelligence, including weak AI and strong AI, and the various ways that thinkers have tried to def...Read more
August 15, 2016 • 10m
Do we really have free will? Today Hank explores possible answers to that question, explaining theories like libertarian free will...Read more
August 22, 2016 • 8m
As we continue explore free will, today Hank considers a middle ground between hard determinism and libertarian free will: compati...Read more
August 29, 2016 • 9m
Today we start our unit on language with a discussion of meaning and how we assign and understand meaning. We’ll cover sense and r...Read more
September 12, 2016 • 9m
Last week we talked about language and meaning. Today, Hank explores some of the things that complicate meaning and how we get aro...Read more
September 19, 2016 • 10m
Content warning: today’s episode contains language that some viewers might find upsetting and that may not be viewable in all sett...Read more
September 27, 2016 • 9m
Today we transition between units on language and aesthetics with a discussion of nonexistent and imaginary objects. Is it possibl...Read more
October 3, 2016 • 9m
Today we are talking about art and aesthetic appreciation. What makes something an artwork? Can art really be defined? Is aestheti...Read more
October 17, 2016 • 10m
How do art and morality intersect? Today we look at an ethically questionable work of art and discuss R. G. Collingwood’s view tha...Read more
October 25, 2016 • 9m
We begin our unit on ethics with a look at metaethics. Hank explains three forms of moral realism – moral absolutism, and cultural...Read more
October 31, 2016 • 9m
As we venture into the world of ethics, there are a lot of different answers to the grounding problem for us to explore. One of th...Read more
November 7, 2016 • 9m
Our exploration of ethical theories continues with another theistic answer to the grounding problem: natural law theory. Thomas Aq...Read more
November 14, 2016 • 10m
Our next stop on our tour of ethics is Kant’s ethics. Today Hank explains hypothetical and categorical imperatives, the universali...Read more
November 21, 2016 • 10m
Our next stop in our tour of the ethical lay of the land is utilitarianism. With a little help from Batman, Hank explains the prin...Read more
November 28, 2016 • 9m
Today we explore the penultimate ethical theory in this unit: contractarianism. Hank explains Hobbes’ state of nature, implicit an...Read more
December 5, 2016 • 9m
This week we explore the final ethical theory in this unit: Aristotle’s virtue theory. Hank explains the Golden Mean, and how it e...Read more
December 12, 2016 • 9m
Can two people who make the same bad decision bear different levels of moral responsibility? Today, we try to address this questio...Read more
December 19, 2016 • 10m
In today’s episode, Hank asks you to consider all the ways people talk about justice and what we really mean when we use that word...Read more
January 10, 2017 • 9m
Is it OK to discriminate? Do you do it? Is it always wrong or are there cases where it can be acceptable? Today we’re talking thro...Read more
January 16, 2017 • 9m
Today we are taking all the things we have learned this year about doing philosophy and applying that to moral considerations rega...Read more
January 23, 2017 • 9m
Today we are investigating our moral obligations to our parents and our families. Do we owe our parents anything as adults? Would ...Read more
January 30, 2017 • 8m
We’re picking up where we left off last time, exploring the “ethics of care” and how it applies to extreme poverty. Are we respond...Read more
February 6, 2017 • 9m
As we wrap up Crash Course Philosophy, we’re using the things we’ve learned to explore big issues like the value of life. Today, w...Read more
February 13, 2017 • 9m
In our final episode of Crash Course Philosophy, we consider what it means to live a good life. We’ll look at the myth of Sisyphus...Read more