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Recommended free lectures,presentations and documentaries
« on: July 09, 2016, 07:39:59 pm »
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Preferably videos, because walls of text are not friendly for casual gaming/mindless grinding

Fromat:
Post name and other info(year published etc.)
Link to where it can be watched if it's free(eg. youtube, vimeo etc.)

Example:
The Art of Subversion, Tomas Schuman (Yuri Bezmenov) L.A. 1983
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Re: Recommended free lectures,presentations and documentaries
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2016, 08:08:54 pm »
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Death (PHIL 176), Shelly Kagan 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh-6HyTRNNY&index=2&list=PLEA18FAF1AD9047B0

It's a part of open Yale courses, which is very much worth checking out for a topic of interest:

Economics    ECON 252    Financial Markets (2008)    Shiller, Robert J.    Spring 2008
Astronomy    ASTR 160    Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics    Bailyn, Charles    Spring 2007
Biomedical Engineering    BENG 100    Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering    Saltzman, W. Mark    Spring 2008
Chemistry    CHEM 125a    Freshman Organic Chemistry I    McBride, J. Michael    Fall 2008
English    ENGL 220    Milton    Rogers, John    Fall 2007
Classics    CLCV 205    Introduction to Ancient Greek History    Kagan, Donald    Fall 2007
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology    EEB 122    Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior    Stearns, Stephen C.    Spring 2009
Economics    ECON 159    Game Theory    Polak, Ben    Fall 2007
Economics    ECON 251    Financial Theory    Geanakoplos, John    Fall 2009
English    ENGL 291    The American Novel Since 1945    Hungerford, Amy    Spring 2008
English    ENGL 300    Introduction to Theory of Literature    Fry, Paul H.    Spring 2009
English    ENGL 310    Modern Poetry    Hammer, Langdon    Spring 2007
Environmental Studies    EVST 255    Environmental Politics and Law    Wargo, John    Spring 2010
History    HIST 116    The American Revolution    Freeman, Joanne    Spring 2010
History    HIST 119    The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877    Blight, David W.    Spring 2008
History    HIST 202    European Civilization, 1648-1945    Merriman, John    Fall 2008
History    HIST 234    Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600    Snowden, Frank    Spring 2010
History    HIST 251    Early Modern England: Politics, Religion, and Society under the Tudors and Stuarts    Wrightson, Keith E.    Fall 2009
History    HIST 276    France Since 1871    Merriman, John    Fall 2007
History of Art    HSAR 252    Roman Architecture    Kleiner, Diana E. E.    Spring 2009
Italian Language and Literature    ITAL 310    Dante in Translation    Mazzotta, Giuseppe    Fall 2008
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology    MCDB 150    Global Problems of Population Growth    Wyman, Robert    Spring 2009
Music    MUSI 112    Listening to Music    Wright, Craig    Fall 2008
Philosophy    PHIL 176    Death    Kagan, Shelly    Spring 2007
Physics    PHYS 200    Fundamentals of Physics I    Shankar, Ramamurti    Fall 2006
Physics    PHYS 201    Fundamentals of Physics II    Shankar, Ramamurti    Spring 2010
Political Science    PLSC 114    Introduction to Political Philosophy    Smith, Steven B.    Fall 2006
Political Science    PLSC 118    The Moral Foundations of Politics    Shapiro, Ian    Spring 2010
Political Science    PLSC 270    Capitalism: Success, Crisis, and Reform    Rae, Douglas W.    Fall 2009
Psychology    PSYC 110    Introduction to Psychology    Bloom, Paul    Spring 2007
Religious Studies    RLST 145    Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible)    Hayes, Christine    Fall 2006
Religious Studies    RLST 152    Introduction to the New Testament History and Literature    Martin, Dale B.    Spring 2009
Sociology    SOCY 151    Foundations of Modern Social Theory    Szelényi, Iván    Fall 2009
Spanish and Portuguese    SPAN 300    Cervantes' Don Quixote    González Echevarría, Roberto    Fall 2009
African American Studies    AFAM 162    African American History: From Emancipation to the Present    Holloway, Jonathan    Spring 2010
Chemistry    CHEM 125b    Freshman Organic Chemistry II    McBride, J. Michael    Spring 2011
Philosophy    PHIL 181    Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature    Gendler, Tamar    Spring 2011
Economics    ECON 252    Financial Markets (2011)    Shiller, Robert J.    Spring 2011
American Studies    AMST 246    Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner    Dimock, Wai Chee    Fall 2011
History    HIST 210    The Early Middle Ages, 284–1000    Freedman, Paul    Fall 2011
Geology and Geophysics    GG 140    The Atmosphere, the Ocean, and Environmental Change    Smith, Ronald B.    Fall 2011
Psychology    PSYC 123    The Psychology, Biology and Politics of Food    Brownell, Kelly D.    Fall 2008

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Re: Recommended free lectures,presentations and documentaries
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2016, 09:25:26 pm »
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Some lectures by British historian Sir Richard J Evans.

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Re: Recommended free lectures,presentations and documentaries
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2016, 09:40:18 pm »
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American philosopher and historian Will Durant (audiobook form).

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Re: Recommended free lectures,presentations and documentaries
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Re: Recommended free lectures,presentations and documentaries
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2016, 02:08:01 pm »
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American philosopher and historian Will Durant (audiobook form).

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Unless you're interested in it for the sake of history, the vast majority of these aren't worth wasting your time on. Modern thinkers >>> these guys.
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