Videos of My Talks, Lectures, and Workshops: these are talks I've given at various places over the years, ranging over a variety of topics, most of which were academic in some sense.
I've also been creating a few podcasts, which you can access here.
Philosophy Core Concepts Videos
I have over 600 shorter videos, each of which is focused on one core concept from a philosophical thinker and text. Each of these is roughly 10-30 minutes long. For convenience's sake, I have organized these into several sequences by the philosopher the videos focus upon.Ancient Philosophy
Pre-Socratic Core Concept Videos - discussing ideas of Parmenides and ZenoPlato Core Concept Videos - covering the Apology, Crito, Euthyphro, Phaedo, Ion, Meno, Symposium, and parts of the Republic.
Aristotle Core Concept Videos - covering the entirety of the Nicomachean Ethics and the Categories, and parts of the Politics and Metaphysics
Epicurus Core Concept Videos - discussing key ideas from Epicurus's available texts
Cicero Core Concept Videos - discussing key ideas from the Stoic Paradoxes, On Fate, book 1 of On Duties, and books 1 and 3 of On The Ends
Seneca Core Concept Videos - Letters 33, 65, and 113
Epictetus Core Concept Videos - focusing on the Enchiridion and Discourses
Medieval Philosophy
Augustine of Hippo Core Concept Videos - focusing on parts of the Confessions, On Free Choice of the WillAnselm of Canterbury Core Concept Videos - covering the Monologion, the Proslogion, and on Free Choice
Thomas Aquinas Core Concept Videos - covering selected parts and topics of his Summa Theologiae
Modern Philosophy
Rene Descartes Core Concept Videos - covering the Discourse on Method and the Meditations on First PhilosophyBlaise Pascal Core Concept Videos - discussing selected topics from his work, The Pensees
David Hume Core Concept Videos - discussing parts of his Treatise on Human Nature and Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Jeremy Bentham Core Concept Videos - providing an overview of Bentham's Utilitarian moral theory, in his work Introduction to Principles of Morals and Legislation
Immanuel Kant Core Concept Videos - covering the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals
19th Century Philosophy and Literature
G.W.F. Hegel Core Concept Videos - covering the Self-Consciousness section of the Phenomenology of SpiritSoren Kierkegaard Core Concept Videos - covering his work Fear and Trembling, and "The Crown
John Stuart Mill Core Concept Videos - focusing on his works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty
Leo Tolstoy Core Concept Videos - focusing on his work, What Is Art?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky Core Concept Videos - focusing on his work, Notes from the Underground
Friedrich Nietzsche Core Concept Videos - discussing "Truth and Lies in an Extra-Moral Sense" and Thus Spoke Zarathustra, part 1
William James Core Concept Videos - discussing "The Will To Believe"
20th Century Philosophy and Literature
A.J. Ayer Core Concept Videos - discussing his work, Language, Truth, and LogicRainer Maria Rilke Core Concept Videos - discussing his work, Letters to a Young Poet
Martin Heidegger Core Concept Videos - discussing Heidegger's "What Is Metaphysics?", "Plato's Doctrine of Truth," and the Introduction to Being and Time
Jean-Paul Sartre Core Concept Videos - discussing "Existentialism is a Humanism" and No Exit
Albert Camus Core Concept Videos - discussing the Myth of Sisyphus
W.D. Ross Core Concept Videos - discussing chapter 2 of the Right and the Good
Ayn Rand Core Concept Videos - covering portions of The Virtue of Selfishness
Alasdair MacIntyre Core Concept Videos - discussing parts of After Virtue and "Plain Persons and Moral Philosophy"
Virginia Held Core Concept Videos - discussing "Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory"
James Rachels Core Concept Videos - discussing "The Challenge of Cultural Relativism"
Rosemarie Tong Core Concept Videos - discussing "Carol Gilligan's Ethics of Care"
Mary Midgely Core Concept Videos - discussing "Trying Out One's New Sword"
Lawrence Kohlberg Core Concept Videos - discussing "Moral Development: A Review of the Theory"
John Rawls Core Concept Videos - discussing parts of A Theory of Justice
George Dickie Core Concept Videos - discussing "What is Art?" and "What Is Anti-Art?"
Peter Singer Core Concept Videos - discussing "The Biological Basis of Ethics"
Major Lecture Series in Philosophy
Existentialist Philosophy and Literature: an ongoing study of key texts and thinkers from this loose philosophical movement -- right now there are about 50 videos available, but eventually another another 60 are planned
Half-Hour Hegel: The Complete Phenomenology of Spirit: a major project, which will eventually grow to about 300 or so videos (currently over 220 available) In each of these, I examine 1-4 paragraphs of the great German Idealist, G.W.F. Hegel's first major work. Each video is about 25-35 minutes long
Academic Course Lectures
Introduction to Philosophy Course Lectures: 86 videos from my Introduction to
Philosophy classes, supplemented by several videos from my
Ethics and Existentialism sequences, to help round out the sequence. Each of these is roughly 1 hour long.World Views and Values Course Lectures: 54 videos from my entirely online World Views and Values class, covering thinkers from Plato to Martin Luther King. Each of these is roughly 15-35 minutes long.
Religion in America Course Lectures: 52 videos from my Spring 2014 Religion in America class. Each of these lectures is anywhere from 15-45 minutes long. Down the line, I hope to a much more in-depth set of courses on these themes and material.
Critical Thinking Fallacy Lectures: videos from my new Critical Thinking, Logic, and Argumentation Channel, so far focusing just on the Informal Fallacies
Lecture Series Videos
Glimpses Into Existence Lecture Series: 12 videos from my monthly lecture series in 2014, hosted by the historic Kingston Library, examining eleven major figures from the Existentialist movement in Philosophy, Theology, and Literature. Each of these videos is roughly 1-1/2 to 2 hours long.Understanding Anger Lecture Series: 9 videos from my my monthly lecture series in 2015, hosted by the historic Kingston Library, examining ancient and medieval perspectives on anger from literary, philosophical, and theological sources.
Worlds of Speculative Fiction Series: 23 videos so far in this ongoing monthly lecture series, which began in 2016 and is continuing on at present. It focuses on the narrative worlds and philosophical themes in the works of classic and contemporary science fiction, fantasy, and horror authors.
Philosophers in The Midst of History: 8 videos so far in this ongoing quarterly series, which began in 2016 and continues on at present. In this series, we discuss philosophers in their historical context, particularly in relation to important cultural, political, and religious developments and conflicts.