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How to Argue - Philosophical Reasoning: Crash Course Philosophy #2
5.49M viewsHow to argue well: premises, conclusions, validity and soundness.
9:22Aristotle & Virtue Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #38
4.44M viewsAristotle's virtue ethics: character, the golden mean and eudaimonia.
10:26Determinism vs Free Will: Crash Course Philosophy #24
3.77M viewsDeterminism versus libertarian free will, and what's at stake for moral responsibility.

Early Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #1
4.61M viewsThe origins of computing, from the abacus to electromechanical machines.
10:18How to Argue - Induction & Abduction: Crash Course Philosophy #3
3.38M viewsInductive and abductive reasoning — how we reason under uncertainty — and their weaknesses.

Introduction to Astronomy: Crash Course Astronomy #1
5.71M viewsThe opening lesson of a full astronomy course: what you can see in the sky and why.
8:57Karl Popper, Science, & Pseudoscience: Crash Course Philosophy #8
2.94M viewsKarl Popper's falsifiability criterion for separating science from pseudoscience.
12:13Language Change and Historical Linguistics: Crash Course Linguistics #13
248K viewsHow languages change over time and how historical linguists reconstruct proto-languages.
9:52Locke, Berkeley, & Empiricism: Crash Course Philosophy #6
3M viewsEmpiricism: Locke's and Berkeley's views on knowledge from experience, and Berkeley's idealism.
9:34Metaethics: Crash Course Philosophy #32
2.49M viewsMetaethics: moral realism vs anti-realism, and what we mean when we call something right or wrong.
12:06Phonology: Crash Course Linguistics #10
403K viewsPhonology: phonemes, allophones and the sound patterns of languages.
10:39Semantics: Crash Course Linguistics #5
453K viewsSemantics: how words and sentences carry meaning, with sense, reference and ambiguity.


The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #1
17.6M viewsWhy humans took up farming, and the trade-offs it brought.
10:01Utilitarianism: Crash Course Philosophy #36
5.57M viewsUtilitarianism: Bentham and Mill, the greatest-happiness principle and classic objections.
11:12What is Linguistics?: Crash Course Linguistics #1
1.14M viewsWhat linguistics studies, descriptive versus prescriptive views of language, and the field's subfields.
11:46Writing Systems: Crash Course Linguistics #16
158K viewsWriting systems: alphabets, abjads, syllabaries and logographies.

Indus Valley Civilization: Crash Course World History #2
9.13M viewsThe Indus Valley civilization and what archaeology can and can't tell us about it.

Intro to Economics: Crash Course Econ #1
9.08M viewsWhat economics studies: scarcity, incentives and how economies are organised.

Specialization and Trade: Crash Course Economics #2
3.72M viewsSpecialization, comparative advantage and why trade happens.

The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?: Crash Course World History #10
8.47M viewsThe transition from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire.

What is Philosophy?: Crash Course Philosophy #1
8.61M viewsWhat philosophy is and how philosophers approach questions.

Fall of The Roman Empire...in the 15th Century: Crash Course World History #12
9.17M viewsWhy the Roman Empire arguably didn't fall until 1453 — the Byzantine story.
11:07How Do Religious Texts Work?: Crash Course Religions #14
164K viewsHow religious texts function — scripture, canon, oral tradition, interpretation — across traditions.

Intro to Psychology: Crash Course Psychology #1
17.9M viewsAn introduction to psychology: its history and major approaches.

Kant & Categorical Imperatives: Crash Course Philosophy #35
4.77M viewsKant's ethics and the categorical imperative.

Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa: Crash Course World History #16
5.78M viewsMansa Musa, the Mali Empire and the spread of Islam in West Africa.

The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?: Crash Course World History #14
8.77M viewsWhether the 'Dark Ages' really were dark, and what was happening beyond Europe.
11:55What Even IS a Religion?: Crash Course Religions #1
357K viewsWhy defining 'religion' is hard, and the main scholarly definitions (substantive, functional) with their trade-offs.

Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars: Crash Course World History #13
13.3M viewsThe origins of Islam, the Quran and the Five Pillars.

How and Why We Read: Crash Course English Literature #1
4.95M viewsWhy and how we read literature, and what close reading involves.
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11:39100 Years of Solitude Part 1: Crash Course Literature 306
854K viewsA 12-minute video from CrashCourse's catalogue; the title names its topic.
12:18100 Years of Solitude Part 2: Crash Course Literature 307
417K viewsA 12-minute video from CrashCourse's catalogue; the title names its topic.
14:5918th Century Warfare: Crash Course European History #20
728K viewsA 15-minute video from CrashCourse's catalogue; the title names its topic.
14:281984 by George Orwell, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 401
2.75M viewsA 14-minute video from CrashCourse's catalogue; the title names its topic.










