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... are seen and discussed every Thursday, 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. (unless noted), at the home of Flora & Hilton Brown in Mountain View.
Click HERE or phone 650-941-3146 for directions.


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These videos usually come from the Teaching Company. For more info from/about the Teaching Company, visit their website. Once there, for specific courses, click either "Complete A-Z listing" or a topic from the "Courses by Topic" section (both on left); then click the first letter; then find and click the full title (example Science Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know It ).


current series schedule:
Buddhism / Malcolm David Eckel, PhD
Sep  2: 1. What is Buddhism?
and 2. India at the Time of the Buddha
Sep  9: 3. The Doctrine of Reincarnation
and 4. The Story of the Buddha
Sep 16: 5. All Is Suffering
and 6. The Path to Nirvana
Sep 23: 7. The Buddhist Monastic Community
and 8. Buddhist Art and Architecture
Sep 30: 9. Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia
and 10. Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva Ideal
Oct  7: 11. Celestial Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
and 12. Emptiness
 
Oct 14: 13. Buddhist Philosophy
and 14. Buddhist Tantra
Oct 21: 15. The Theory and Practice of the Mandala
and 16. The “First Diffusion of the Dharma” in Tibet
Oct 28: 17. The Schools of Tibetan Buddhism
and 18. The Dalai Lama
Nov  4: 19. The Origins of Chinese Buddhism
and 20. The Classical Period of Chinese Buddhism
Nov 11: 21. The Origins of Japanese Buddhism
and 22. Honen, Shinran and Nichiren
Nov 18: 23. Zen
and 24. Buddhism in America
previous series schedule:
Mathematics, Philosophy, and the "Real World" / Judith V Grabiner, PhD
Apr 29: 1.What’s It All About?
and 2.You Bet Your Life—Statistics and Medicine
May  6: 3.You Bet Your Life—Cost-Benefit Analysis
and 4.Popular Statistics—Averages and Base Rates
May 13: 5.Popular Statistics—Graphs
and 6.Popular Statistics—Polling and Sampling
May 20: 7.The Birth of Social Statistics
and 8.Probability, Multiplication, and Permutations
May 27: 9.Combinations and Probability Graphs
and 10.Probability, Determinism, and Free Will
Jun  3: 11.Probability Problems for Fun and Profit
and 12.Probability and Modern Science
Jun 10: 13.From Probability to Certainty
and 14.Appearance and Reality—Plato’s Divided Line
Jun 17: 15.Plato’s Cave—The Nature of Learning
and 16.Euclid’s Elements—Background and Structure
Jun 24: 17.Euclid’s Elements—A Model of Reasoning
and 18.Logic and Logical Fallacies—Why They Matter
 
Jul  1: 19.Plato’s Meno—How Learning Is Possible
and 20.Plato’s Meno—Reasoning and Knowledge
Jul  8: 21.More Euclidean Proofs, Direct and Indirect
and 22.Descartes—Method and Mathematics
Jul 15: 23.Spinoza and Jefferson
and 24.Consensus and Optimism in the 18th Century
Jul 22: 25.Euclid—Parallels, Without Postulate 5
and 26.Euclid—Parallels, Needing Postulate 5
Jul 29: 27.Kant, Causality, and Metaphysics
and 28.Kant’s Theory of Space and Time
Aug  5: 29.Euclidean Space, Perspective, and Art
and 30.Non-Euclidean Geometry—History and Examples
Aug 12: 31.Non-Euclidean Geometries and Relativity
and 32.Non-Euclidean Geometry and Philosophy
Aug 19: 33.Art, Philosophy, and Non-Euclidean Geometry
and 34.Culture and Mathematics in Classical China
Aug 26: 35.The Voice of the Critics
and 36.Mathematics and the Modern World
previous series:
timespan series title lecturer or host medium
2010 Apr - 2010 AugMathematics, Philosophy, and the "Real World"Judith V Grabiner, PhD 36 DVD
2010 Mar - 2010 AprScience and Religion Lawrence M Principe, PhD 12 DVD
2010 Feb - 2010 MarConsciousness and its Implications Daniel N Robinson, PhD 12 DVD
2009 Oct - 2010 JanUnderstanding Genetics: DNA,Genes, and their Real-World AppsDavid Sadava, PhD 24 DVD
2009 Jun - 2009 OctThe History of the Supreme Court Peter Irons, PhD 36 DVD
2009 Apr - 2009 JunUnderstanding the Fundamentals of Music Robert Greenberg, PhD 16 DVD, 45 min
2008 Nov - 2009 MayUnderstanding Linguistics: The Science of Language John McWhorter, PhD 36 DVD
2008 May - 2008 NovThe Great Ideas of Philosophy Daniel N Robinson, PhD 50 tape
2008 Jan - 2008 MayPsychology of Human Behavior David W Martin, PhD 36 DVD
2007 Sep - 2008 JanGreat Scientific Ideas that Changed the World Steven L Goldman, PhD 36 DVD
2007 August (3 wks)A Brief History of Disbelief Jonathan Miller 3 tape
2007 May - 2007 AugPassions: Philosophy and the Intelligence of EmotionsRobert C Solomon, PhD 24 DVD
2007 Jan - 2007 MayThe Story of Human Language John McWhorter, PhD 36 DVD
2006 Sep - 2006 NovScience Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know ItSteven L Goldman, PhD 24 DVD

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