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Citizenship and Pluralism
This course provides an introduction to contemporary political philosophy as well as a way to explore issues of multiculturalism and pluralism.
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Elective
TL;DR Atlas Shrugged
Having witnessed the Communist conquest that shook her native Russia, Rand had quite a bit to say about the merits of capitalism, freedom, and self-interest. Atlas Shrugged solidified the divisive ideology she called Objectivism.
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Open Courseware
Are We Eating Good Food?
This class takes a critical look at our contemporary food system.
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Open Courseware
The Unanswered Question 1973- Leonard Bernstein’s Masterful Lectures on Music
In 1972, the composer Leonard Bernstein returned to Harvard, his alma mater, to serve as the Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry, with “Poetry” being defined in the broadest sense. Delivered in the fall of 1973 and collectively titled “The Unanswered Question,” Bernstein’s lectures covered a lot of terrain, touching on poetry, linguistics, philosophy and […]
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Open Courseware
From Voting Rights to Watts Continued
In this lecture, Professor Holloway focuses on the events between 1964 and 1966 that contribute to a fundamental shift in the tone and tactics of the civil rights movement. By examining the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party’s quest to seat alternate delegates at the Democratic National Convention in 1964; “Bloody Sunday” and the 1965 march from […]
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Open Courseware
From Voting Rights to Watts
In this lecture, Professor Holloway revisits Malcolm X’s life in order to offer a more nuanced interpretation of the black leader than is traditionally taught. Professor Holloway links Malcolm X to a tradition of black intellectuals and political activists like Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, and Robert Williams, and he explores the philosophy of the […]
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Open Courseware
Learning and Teaching Computing – Richard Buckland UNSW
The last lecture of COMP1917 /part 1. (The first 18 mins: prizes and course wrap up.)18:25 Richard’s teaching philosophy. About teaching and about learning. Where we learn, how we learn, what we learn, why we learn. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Deep and surface learning. More wisdom from Richard Feynman – the brown throated thrush. All […]
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Open Courseware
The Turing Test – Richard Buckland UNSW
Inspirational Scientist Jane Goodall speaks about Jo-Jo and Rick. (sound patchy for first 8 mins – download the full quality 4min audio clip of her lecture from http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~richardb/JaneGoodall.wavcourtesy of the ABC RN Science Show) More about the great thinker Alan Turing. The Turing Test and its links with design, computer science, and life the universe […]
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Open Courseware
Contract & Commonwealth: Thomas Hobbes
Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature (PHIL 181) In this concluding lecture, Professor Gendler charts four paths through the course. The first path traces how the course’s three main goals were realized: the goals of introducing students to the discipline of Philosophy though a number of central texts; of considering certain central questions raised […]
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Open Courseware
Concluding Lecture
Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature (PHIL 181) In this concluding lecture, Professor Gendler charts four paths through the course. The first path traces how the course’s three main goals were realized: the goals of introducing students to the discipline of Philosophy though a number of central texts; of considering certain central questions raised […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WAVYVWnvOU