| Description |
6 videodiscs (approximately 1080 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.) |
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video file DVD |
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digital optical rda |
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Filmed lectures |
| Series |
Great courses. Philosophy & intellectual history (Modern philosophy) |
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Great courses (DVD). Philosophy & intellectual history.
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| Note |
Course no. 4140. |
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Program contains thirty-six lectures; the length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min. |
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Lecture notes and program information contained in course guidebook. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references in course guidebook. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. 1. Metaphysics and the nature of science; 2. Defining reality; 3. Mathematics in crisis; 4. Special relativity; 5. General relativity; 6. Big bang cosmology. -- Disc 2. 7. The reality of atoms; 8. Quantum mechanics; 9. Quantum field theory; 10. Chaos theory; 11. Dark matter and dark energy; 12. Grand unified theories. -- Disc 3. 13. Quantum consciousness; 14. Defining reality in the life sciences; 15. Genes and identity; 16. The birth of psychology; 17. Jung and the behaviorists; 18. The rediscovery of the mind. -- Disc 4. 19. The caring brain; 20. Brain and self; 21. Evolutionary psychology; 22. The birth of sociology; 23. Competition and cooperation; 24. Race and reality. -- Disc 5. 25. Social progress; 26. The reality of money; 27. The origin of life; 28. Exoplanets and extraterrestrial life; 28. Technology and death; 29. Cloning and identity. -- Disc 6. 31. Genetic engineering; 32. Medically enhanced humans; 33. Transhumans: making living gods; 34. Artificial intelligence; 35. The internet and virtual reality; 36. Data analytics. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Professor Steven Gimbel, Gettysburg College. |
| Summary |
Explores the philosophical implications of what modern science has discovered about our universe. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
In English. Closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Metaphysics -- Videodiscs.
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Science -- Philosophy -- Videodiscs.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Filmed lectures.
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Nonfiction films.
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Educational films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Educational films.
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Filmed lectures.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Gimbel, Steven, 1968-
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Teaching Company, production company.
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| Added Title |
Intellectual implications of modern science |
| ISBN |
9781629971292 |
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1629971294 |
| Music No. |
ID4140A-01 Teaching Company |
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