Literature & Ideas

Big Think

Big Think exists to make you smarter, faster. Through conversations with the world’s brightest thinkers, we bring you the ideas shaping the future of science, philosophy, culture, and the human mind. Our library of thousands of videos distills complex insight into clear, actionable wisdom for how to think, work, and live in a changing world.

Meet legendary teachers like philosopher Daniel Dennett, physicist Brian Cox, classicist Mary Beard, psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, political scientist Ian Bremmer, anthropologist Helen Fisher, and hundreds more — all sharing the ideas that define our time and the questions that will shape our future.

Closer To Truth

Closer To Truth is the definitive source for Cosmos, Life, Mind, and Meaning. Filmed both on location and virtually, Closer To Truth features leading philosophers and scientists exploring humanity’s deepest questions.

On the air continuously since 2000, Closer To Truth is broadcast weekly on PBS and public television stations in the U.S.

Robert Lawrence Kuhn is the creator, executive producer, writer and presenter of the series. Peter Getzels is the co-creator and producer/director.

Visit our website for our entire library of over 5,000 in-depth video interviews: www.closertotruth.com

Closer To Truth is a nonprofit endeavor made possible by funding from the Kuhn Foundation and other partners. All revenue generated from advertisements on our YouTube channel goes back into production so that we can continue to make our material free to everyone.

Dr Octavia Cox

Welcome to my channel where I consider All Things Classic Literature.

CLOSE READING CLASSIC LITERATURE I examine & analyse classic literature in close detail - exposing aspects of texts that you may have overlooked before.

UNFAMILIAR READINGS Where I read aloud underloved & overlooked texts.

Dr Octavia Cox DPhil (University of Oxford) Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Lover of Literature! (especially of the 18th & 19th centuries)

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Fiction Beast

What makes us human? We tell stories. I believe great works of literature tell the emotional tale of human existence as we try to make sense of our existence and the world we live in, thus I consider fiction a distilled form of truth, coming from the depth of our subconscious mind.

Great Books Prof

Professor of Great Books

Gregory B. Sadler

I bring philosophy into practice, making complex classic philosophical ideas accessible for a wide audience of professionals, students, and life-long learners. After a decade in traditional academic positions, I started my own business and began doing philosophical work in more practical contexts. I am an APPA-certified philosophical counselor, a public speaker, an author, an ethics trainer, and an executive coach (among other things!).

To support the work I do, consider becoming a Patreon backer https://www.patreon.com/sadler You can also Buy Me A Coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/a4quydwom/c/12709433

You can take full classes with me https://reasonio.teachable.com/

Subscribe to my Substack for philosophy resources and articles here - https://gregorybsadler.substack.com/

Interested in booking me for a talk, interview, workshop, or consultation? Reach out to me directly at [email protected]

(Amazon links are associate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases)

Hardcore Literature

Hello, I'm Benjamin McEvoy :) Thank you for visiting my channel. If you like this kind of bookish content, you will love the Hardcore Literature Book Club and Podcast. Deep dives into the greatest books ever written, provocative poems, evocative epics, and life-changing literary analyses. We don’t just read the great books - we live them. Together we’ll suck the marrow out of Shakespeare, Homer, and Tolstoy. We’ll relish the most moving art ever committed to the page and stage from every age. Join us on the reading adventure of a lifetime.

Harvard University

Welcome to Harvard University! We share videos about life and learning that takes place here on campus and around the world. At Harvard we are devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally. Our three main campuses—in Cambridge, Allston, and Boston, Massachusetts—are a home to students and faculty, a hub of research and innovation, and a destination for visitors from all over the world.

Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States and today consists of the undergraduate Harvard College, 12 graduate and professional Schools, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

All content copyrighted by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Institute of Art and Ideas

The Institute of Art and Ideas creates hundreds of educational debates, lectures, and interviews on Philosophy, Science, Politics, and Arts.

Learn from world-leading thinkers on the big ideas. From Hitchens to Galloway, Penrose to Pigliucci, our experts will teach you feminism to foreign policy, and quantum physics to consciousness.

And if you want even more ideas from the world's greatest thinkers, visit our website at IAI.tv

Or listen to our podcast, Philosophy For Our Times. Links below!

Jeffrey Kaplan

I am a philosophy professor. These are my video lectures.

Leaf by Leaf

Hello. I started this channel as an outlet for my love of books. I post reviews, recommendations, highlights, and themed videos (e.g. favorite opening lines; my criteria for evaluating books; and so on). There are a lot of great channels out here on BookTube, so I am honored to be a part of the community. Subscribe, comment, join the conversation with me! Carpe librum!

Buy books featured on this channel: https://bookshop.org/lists/books-featured-on-leaf-by-leaf

I don't have a Patreon, but feel free to buy me a coffee, if you so desire: https://ko-fi.com/leafbyleaf

- Leaf by Leaf

Oxford Academic

Oxford University Press's academic insights for the thinking world combine authority, innovation, and excellence. The official Oxford Academic YouTube channel features videos from leading authors, experts, and academics in a range of fields.

With origins dating back to 1478, Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world. OUP's academic publishing includes a wide array of scholarly and general interest books, journals, and online products that span the entire academic and higher education spectrum.

Blog: http://blog.oup.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/oupacademic Facebook: http://facebook.com/oupacademic Google Plus: http://plus.google.com/+OUPAcademic Tumblr: http://oupacademic.tumblr.com/ Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/oupacademic/

Philosophy Overdose

A collection of ad-free, public and academic philosophy videos, mostly analytic philosophy but occasionally continental philosophy too. The channel looks for thought-provoking lectures and interviews, particularly what is rare and involves famous figures. There is occasionally an attempt at translation as well, especially that of German and French.

Nothing here is monetized, the channel is wholly non-commercial. Everything here is for the purpose of education and spreading around good philosophy content. If there's any problem, let me know, and I can take it down.

Feel free to let me know if there's anything you'd like me to post, including one of your own lectures.

Philosophy, Epistemology, Ethics, History of Philosophy, Political Philosophy, History of Ideas, Ontology, Critical Thinking, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Logic, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Consciousness, Philosophy of Mathematics, etc.

Royal Institute of Philosophy

Dedicated to the advancement of philosophy in all its forms. Here you will find our series of philosophy lectures, events and debates, including the Royal Institute of Philosophy's Annual Lecture, presented by a philosopher of international standing. Plus our annual themed lecture series has seen philosophers speak on subjects such as the social dimension of knowledge, passions and emotions, and what a philosophers' manifesto might look like.

For more information, visit www.royalinstitutephilosophy.org

The Book Chemist

The Partially Examined Life

"We feel that even when all possible scientific questions have been answered, the problems of life remain completely untouched. Of course there are then no questions left, and this itself is the answer." - Ludwig Wittgenstein, TLP 6.52.

Then & Now

Then & Now is creating video essays about History, Politics and Philosophy

Tristan and the Classics

Wireless Philosophy

Learn about Philosophy with professors from Yale, Stanford, Oxford, MIT, and more! 130+ animated videos. An official Khan Academy Partner.

Our mission is to introduce people to the practice of philosophy by making videos that are freely available in a form that is entertaining, interesting and accessible to people with no background in the subject.

YaleCourses

Yale's philosophy of teaching and learning begins with the aim of training a broadly based, highly disciplined intellect without specifying in advance how that intellect will be used. The Yale Courses channel provides entry into the core of the University--its classrooms and academic programs--including complete sets of lectures from the Open Yale Courses initiative. Complementary syllabi, transcripts, and other resources may also be accessed from the Open Yale Courses website listed below.