Displaying 1 of 1 2023 Format: DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials Title: The power of thought experiments / Daniel Breyer. Publisher, Date: Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses, [2023] ©2023 Description: 4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (ii, 191 pages ; 19 cm). 4 3/4 in. digital optical video file DVD video auditory captions Summary: "Have you ever wondered what it means to be immortal? Or how you would act in a life-or-death situation? Or what would happen if you could travel back in time? If you've ever thought about questions like these, you're already familiar with the world of thought experiments. Thought experiments are "what if" scenarios--hypothetical situations that invite us to look rigorously at how we think and view the world. In The Power of Thought Experiments, award-winning philosopher Daniel Breyer of Illinois State University takes you around the world and across intellectual traditions to explore the power of thought experiments--from ancient Greece and China to contemporary science and philosophy. The course invites you on a diverse intellectual journey that will challenge the way you think by asking you to consider thought experiments that range from the mundane to the fantastic, not just for fun, but always with a discerning eye for why great thinkers considered them and what insights they reveal."--Publisher's website. Series: Great courses. Philosophy, religion & intellectual history. Understanding the mind Great courses (DVD). Philosophy, religion & intellectual history. Understanding the mind. Subjects: Thought experiments -- Moral and ethical aspects. Ethics. Conduct of life. Genre: Lectures. Educational films. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Other Author: Breyer, Daniel, instructor. Teaching Company, production company, publisher. Notes: 24 lectures (approximately 30 min. each). Title from disc label. "Course no. 60050." Lecturer, Daniel Breyer. DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation. In English; closed captioned for the hearing impaired in English. Closed captioning in English Contents: Saving others or letting them die ; What the trolley problem reveals about you ; Suppose you're impartial; suppose you care ; Unmasking the hidden pitfalls of testimony ; Can you time-travel and change the past? -- Paradoxes as mental workouts ; What Newcomb's Paradox says about decisions ; Stories as thought experiments ; Einstein's revolutionary thought experiments ; Galileo's and Schrödinger's thought experiments ; What makes identity the same over time? -- Mind swapping and personal identity ; Who are you after brain transplant? ; Who are you right now? ; Exploring the mysteries of consciousness ; When are you morally responsible? ; How luck changes moral thought experiments -- Challenging whether you have free will ; Suppose you're immortal. What do you value? ; Visit twin Earth to explore meaning ; How do you know when you know something? ; How to create civilization from chaos ; Thought experiments as a way of life. ISBN: 1644655071 9781644655078 Publisher Number: ID60050A PB60050A 60050 Other Number: 1389522429 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 1027743 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: GREAT DVD 100 Power of Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
