Academic Videos
The School of Athens by Raphael (via Wikimedia Commons)
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... are viewed 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. These videos usually come from The Great Courses (formerly known as The Teaching Company). For more info from/about them, visit their website. |
current series schedule:
Thinking like an Economist: A Guide to Rational Decision Making / Randall Bartlett
A course overview may be examined at
http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/Courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=5511
On the same page, descriptions of each lecture may be seen by clicking the word (info) after the lecture title.
| Feb 2: | 1. The Economist’s Tool Kit—6 Principles | and 2. The Economist’s Tool Kit—3 Core Concepts |
| Feb 9: | 3. The Myth of “True Value” | and 4. Incentives and Optimal Choice |
| Feb 16: | 5. False Incentives, Real Harm | and 6. The Economics of Ignorance |
| Feb 23: | 7. Playing the Odds—Reason in a Risky World | and 8. The Economics of Information |
| Mar 1: | 9. A Matter of Time—Predicting Future Values | and 10. Think Again—Evaluating Risk in Purchasing |
| Mar 8: | 11. Behavioral Economics—What Are We Thinking? | and 12. Acting like an Economist |
| timespan | series title | lecturer or host | medium |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Oct - 2012 Jan | Argumentation | David Zarefsky | 24 DVD |
| 2011 Aug - 2011 Oct | Great Thinkers, Great Theorems | William Dunham | 24 DVD |
| 2011 May - 2011 Aug | No Excuses: Existentialism and the Meaning of Life | Robert Solomon | 24 DVD |
| 2011 Feb - 2011 May | The Will to Power: The Philosophy of Frederich Nietzsche | Robert Solomon & Kathleen Higgins | 24 DVD |
| 2010 Dec - 2011 Feb | Origins of Life | Robert M Hazen | 24 DVD |
| 2010 Sep - 2010 Nov | Buddhism | Malcolm David Eckel | 24 DVD |
| 2010 Apr - 2010 Aug | Mathematics, Philosophy, and the "Real World" | Judith V Grabiner | 36 DVD |
| 2010 Mar - 2010 Apr | Science and Religion | Lawrence M Principe | 12 DVD |
| 2010 Feb - 2010 Mar | Consciousness and its Implications | Daniel N Robinson | 12 DVD |
| 2009 Oct - 2010 Jan | Understanding Genetics: DNA,Genes, and their Real-World Apps | David Sadava | 24 DVD |
| 2009 Jun - 2009 Oct | The History of the Supreme Court | Peter Irons | 36 DVD |
| 2009 Apr - 2009 Jun | Understanding the Fundamentals of Music | Robert Greenberg | 16 DVD, 45 min |
| 2008 Nov - 2009 May | Understanding Linguistics: The Science of Language | John McWhorter | 36 DVD |
| 2008 May - 2008 Nov | The Great Ideas of Philosophy | Daniel N Robinson | 50 tape |
| 2008 Jan - 2008 May | Psychology of Human Behavior | David W Martin | 36 DVD |
| 2007 Sep - 2008 Jan | Great Scientific Ideas that Changed the World | Steven L Goldman | 36 DVD |
| 2007 August (3 wks) | A Brief History of Disbelief | Jonathan Miller | 3 tape |
| 2007 May - 2007 Aug | Passions: Philosophy and the Intelligence of Emotions | Robert C Solomon | 24 DVD |
| 2007 Jan - 2007 May | The Story of Human Language | John McWhorter | 36 DVD |
| 2006 Sep - 2006 Nov | Science Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know It | Steven L Goldman | 24 DVD |
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