Watch these short and snappy animations on the subject of me: the individual, memory, 'self' and existential ideas.
Category: History & The Arts
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A History of Ideas
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This series of animations explores the question: What is justice?
Category: History & The Arts
The philosophy regarding how we live a good life is discussed in these animations.
Category: History & The Arts
Technology and how it has changed us as human beings is outlined in these short animations.
Category: History & The Arts
These short animations explore how we can know anything at all.
Category: Philosophy
This animation looks at Wittgenstein's thinking that problems were caused by a 'bewitchment of language'.
Category: Philosophy
This animation explores Bishop George Berkeley who though the only things that truly exists are minds and ideas.
Category: Philosophy
Can scientific theories only really be called 'scientific' if they can be proven false? Karl Popper thought so...
Category: Philosophy
This animation, narrated by Aidan Turner, explores David Hume's thinking behind miracles versus extraordinary events.
Category: Philosophy
Explore these short animations looking at what love is.
Category: Philosophy
This short animation, narrated by Aidan Turner, looks at the Oedipus and Electra complexes and how Edvard Westermarck saw these differently.
Category: Philosophy
This short animation, narrated by Aidan Turner, shows the conflict and danger of love from Jean-Paul Sartre's perspective.
Category: Philosophy
This short animation, narrated by Aidan Turner, looks at how love is a selfish act that people only do so that they can feel good about themselves.
Category: Philosophy
This short animation, narrated by Aidan Turner, explores Aristophane's story about humans searching for their other half.
Category: Philosophy
Watch these animations on the subject of how we can live together.
Category: Philosophy
This short animation, narrated by Aidan Turner, looks at Confucian ideals surrounding family and worshipping ancestors.
Category: Philosophy
This short animation, narrated by Aidan Turner, digs deeper into democracy and proposes philosophers would be great leaders.
Category: Philosophy
This short animation, narrated by Aidan Turner, looks at the metaphor of the 'invisible hand' engineers the economy.
Category: Philosophy
This short animation, narrated by Aidan Turner, explores persuading people to change their beliefs by force.
Category: Philosophy
Stephen Fry explains Rene Descartes argument 'Cogito Ergo Sum' - 'I think, therefore I am'.
Category: Philosophy