Teaching and Learning Video Series
Index of posts from the Teaching and Learning Video Series
The Daisy Ad and an Appeal to Fear
The following video is a campaign ad used by the Johnson campaign in the 1964 election bid against Barry Goldwater. It was subsequently pulled...
The Interview from Hell and the Ad Hominem Fallacy
This video shows an interview of Reza Aslan by Fox News host Lauren Green that demonstrates the Ad Hominem Fallacy.
A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Philosophy of Language
“Concerning Language” is a fast-paced and hilarious comedic act in which Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie raise questions that are at the heart of philosophical...
The Divine Mechanism: A Thought Experiment on Faith and Obedience
This video asks students consider the philosophical relationship between justified belief, faith, and obedience.
Direct TV and the Slippery Slope Fallacy
This video is a compilation of amusing Direct TV commercials which can be used to demonstrate the slippery slope fallacy.
A Bit of Fry & Laurie and the Is/Ought Problem
A Bit of Fry & Laurie lets us ask: just because this is a way that I can make money, is it something that I ought to do?
Moral Luck and Amber Alerts
In this video clip, a person playing a video game is interrupted when his phone blares out an amber alert. The person’s unlikely journey...
The Fallacy of False Analogy and Mercedes Benz
This short commercial tells the story of Raymond. Raymond, it seems, has denied himself ice cream despite desperately wanting it and having no real...
Michael Scott and Standpoint Epistemology
In this video, Michael Scott reveals his utter ignorance about the structure of the socialworld in a diversity training in The Office’s second episode,...