He is the Park Ranger, she is the Other: gender in Parks and Recreation
This clip from Parks and Recreation plays on stereotypes of femininity and can be used to explore the concept of the Other in Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex."
The Argument Clinic
This video excerpts the “Argument Clinic” provides a rich basis from which to introduce and explore the philosophical conception of argumentation.
Beauvoir and Colbert on Neutrality and Otherness
The clip “Neutral Man’s Burden” from The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 2005-2014) can be used to explicate the concepts of neutrality and Otherness in Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex.
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?