The examined life [videorecording] : an introduction to philosophy / a co-production of INTELECOM ; TELEAC/NOT and UR ; executive producer, Sally Beaty

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Publication details: Pasadena, CA : INTELECOM, 2004, c1998Description: 4 videodiscs (ca. 187 min. each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:

1583700048
9781583700044

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On container: What is philosophy?

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100 22

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B52 .E92 2004

Contents:

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? -- Does God exist? -- Can we know God through experience? -- Is reason the source of knowledge? -- Does all 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?

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Produced, written and directed by John Allman

Narrator: Franchelle DornSummary: Offers in-depth analysis of the wisdom of the western world. Studies the "great questions" that have intrigued philosophers from antiquity to the present. Using writings of past philosophers and interviews with more than 50 contemporary thinkers, these episodes underscore how these classic questions still reverberate in society today

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Correlated to the textbook: Philosophy : a text with readings / Manuel Velasquez

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 4. Moral dilemmas ... can ethics help? -- What justifies the state? -- What is justice? -- What is art? -- What is the meaning of life?

Produced, written and directed by John Allman

Narrator: Franchelle Dorn

Offers in-depth analysis of the wisdom of the western world. Studies the "great questions" that have intrigued philosophers from antiquity to the present. Using writings of past philosophers and interviews with more than 50 contemporary thinkers, these episodes underscore how these classic questions still reverberate in society today

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