A History of Ideas Clips

1. Karl Popper's Falsification—Physicist Tara Shears on Falsification

   Duration: 01:50

2. Wittgenstein’s Beetle in the Box Analogy—Neuropsychologist Paul Broks on Wittgenstein

   Duration: 01:40

3. If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound?—Philosopher Clare Carlisle on Reality and Perception

   Duration: 01:50

4. Can You Believe In Miracles?—Lawyer Harry Potter on Eyewitness Testimony

   Duration: 01:36

5. I love my mum (but not like that...)—Writer Lisa Appignanesi on the Love of Children

   Duration: 01:41

6. Sartre: Love is a hazardous, painful struggle.—Psychotherapist Mark Vernon on Freud

   Duration: 01:43

7. Love? What’s in it for me?—Theologian Giles Fraser on Altruism

   Duration: 01:37

8. How two halves make a whole.—Classicist Edith Hall on Aristophanes in Plato

   Duration: 01:43

9. Aidan Turner on Confucian Ancestor Worship—Philosopher Timothy Secret on Ancestor Worship

   Duration: 01:35

10. Plato's Philosopher Kings—Philosopher Angie Hobbs on Plato's Philosopher Kings

    Duration: 01:30

11. Does an invisible hand guide the economy?—Economist Kate Barker on the Free Market

    Duration: 01:35

12. John Locke on Toleration—Historian Justin Champion on Toleration

    Duration: 01:40

13. Jean-Paul Sartre and Existential Choice—Writer AL Kennedy on Sartre and the Individual

    Duration: 02:04

14. Rene Descartes - “I think, therefore I am”—Philosopher Barry Smith on Descartes and Consciousness

    Duration: 01:56

15. Know Thyself—Paul Broks on John Locke and Personal Identity

    Duration: 02:07

16. Erving Goffman and The Performed Self—Philosopher Jules Evans on Jung and the Mind

    Duration: 01:58

17. Habeas Corpus—Historian Alice Taylor on Habeas Corpus

    Duration: 01:58

18. Civil Disobedience—Thomas Hobbes and Civil Disobedience

    Duration: 02:06

19. The Veil Of Ignorance—Philosopher Angie Hobbs on the Veil of Ignorance

    Duration: 01:36

20. Lex Talionis and Retribution—Barrister Harry Potter on Deterrence

    Duration: 01:53

21. Aristotle on 'Flourishing'—Philosopher Jules Evans on Aristotle and Flourishing

    Duration: 01:59

22. Max Weber and the Protestant Ethic—Justin Champion on Max Weber and the Protestant Ethic

    Duration: 01:51

23. Buddhism’s Four Noble Truths—Naomi Appleton on the Buddha's Four Noble Truths

    Duration: 01:41

24. Ayn Rand on Selfishness—Ayn Rand and Selfishness

    Duration: 02:05