Introduction to Philosophy Resource Center

Part 1: Introduction-sources:
To add to and amplify discussions in my lectures, as well as to help you come up with and articulate ideas for your term papers, I have collected a number of links to videos and audio recordings of various lectures and interviews. These I gathered from a variety of sources, but I found several sites especially useful and I wish to acknowledge them. These include:

1. Intelligence squared debates: Intelligence Squared is a non-partisan organization that conducts debates on various issues of concern to public policy. The debates are scrupulously fair: two panels of two or more experts on opposing sides of an issue try to convince live audiences of their positions.
2. Khan Academy: this online, free university has video lectures from superstar teachers on a variety of academic subjects.
3. Carneades.org: A site with numerous short lectures on religion, science and philosophy.
4. Philosophy and…: a site with Christopher Haugen’s lectures on philosophy.
5. Open Yale Courses: Yale University has a variety of introductory classes taught by their faculty and available on YouTube.
6. Fayetteville State College courses.
7. Missouri State University: MSU has a number of classroom lectures available for general viewing, including lectures by their law school profs.
8. Journeyman Pictures: this company produces a wide variety of documentaries about world events and contemporary issues.
9. Oxford University Philosophy Lectures: a collection of videos on philosophical issues.
10. Frontline: this longstanding PBS program investigates various timely topics. Most of its past episodes are archived and downloadable from its website.
11. Prager University: Dennis Prager is a conservative talk show host, and has a site where scholars from many fields give short lectures on major topics, many of them concerning business and economics.
12. ProCon.org: ProCon is an organization that fosters debates about key issues. Its purpose is to neutrally present balanced material that promotes critical thinking.
13. The School of Life: A site with numerous short (10 minute) lectures on various philosophical topics.
14. CrashCourse: a site with online courses on various subjects (one being philosophy).
15. Philosophy Vibe: a site with lectures on philosophy.
16. Total Philosophy: a site with lectures on philosophy.
17. Academy of Ideas: a site with lectures on philosophy and psychology.
18. Prof. Matt McCormick philosophy courses-especially the course on philosophy of religion.
19. TeachPhilosophy is a series of short videos on various topics in philosophy.
20. CriticalThinkerAcademy.com is Kevin deLaplante’s lectures on critical thinking.
21. Fast Philosophy 01 is a series of lectures on logic by Matthew Hurst.
22. Prof. Gregory B. Sadler has a YouTube channel of over one thousand of his lectures on a wide variety of philosophical topics.
23. Wireless Philosophy is a website of videos on various topics in logic and philosophy by a variety of contributors.
24. ETSU Online: East Tennessee State University offers a variety of instructional videos.
25. Online Philosophy! Is a site with videos on various philosophical topics.
26. ConsciousnessOnline is a site with Dr. Richard Brown’s courses on philosophy.
27. Macat: site with short videos on major philosophic books and articles.
28. Kane B: Kane Baker’s video channel of his lectures on philosophy.
29. Philosophical Overdose: a site with many lectures on philosophy.
30. Oppositum: videos on philosophical topics centering around metaphysics.
31. SisyphusRedeemed: Prof. Garret Merriam’s videos of his lectures and debates.

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