| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 780 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
Subtitle from container. |
| System Details |
System requirements: PC: Pentium class PC; Windows 95 or higher; CD-ROM drive; audio board; speakers. Mac: G3 or greater; OS 8.0 or higher; CD-ROM drive; audio board, speakers. DVD: Programs will run on DVD players that are CD-R enabled. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Franchelle Dorn. |
| Credits |
Content advisors, Manuel Velasquez, Staffan Carlshamre, W.J. van der Dussen ; director of photography, Pat Allen ; music by Peter Davison ; editor, Mary Beth Bresolin. |
| Note |
Correlated to the textbook: Philosophy : a text with readings / Manuel Velasquez. |
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Contains twenty-six 30 min. episodes. |
| Summary |
Offers in-depth analysis of the wisdom of the western world. Studies the "great questions" that have intrigued philosophers from antiquity to the present. Using writings of past philosophers and interviews with more than 50 contemporary thinkers, these episodes underscore how these classic questions still reverberate in society today. -- From container. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. What is philosophy? -- What is human nature? -- Is mind distinct from body? -- Is there an enduring self? -- Are we social beings? -- What is real? -- How do we encounter the world? |
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Disc 2. Do we have free will? -- Is time real? -- Does God exist? -- Can we know God through experience? -- Is reason the source of knowledge? -- Does knowledge depend on experience? -- Does the mind shape the world? |
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Disc 3. How does science add to knowledge? -- Does science give us truth? -- Are interpretations true? -- Is morality relative? -- Does the end justify the means? -- Can rules define morality? -- Is ethics based on virtue? |
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Disc 4. Moral dilemmas ... can ethics help? -- What justifies the state? -- What is justice? -- What is art? -- What is the meaning of life? |
| Language |
Closed captions for the hearing impaired. |
| Subject |
Philosophy -- Introductions.
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Philosophy, Modern.
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Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01060777
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Philosophy, Modern. (OCoLC)fst01061071
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| Genre/Form |
Educational films. (OCoLC)fst01726235
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Introductions. (OCoLC)fst01423833
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Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Educational films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Allman, John, film producer, film director, screenwriter.
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Kammen, Glenn D., film producer.
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Beaty, Sally, film producer.
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Dorn, Fran, narrator.
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Velasquez, Manuel G., consultant.
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Carlshamre, Staffan, consultant.
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Dussen, W. J. van der, consultant.
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Allen, Pat, director of photography.
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Bresolin, Mary Beth, film editor.
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Davison, Peter, composer (expression)
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Velasquez, Manuel G.
Philosophy, a text with readings.
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INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications (Firm), production company, film distributor.
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Teleac/NOT, production company.
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Sveriges utbildningsradio, production company.
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| Note |
On container: What is philosophy? |
| ISBN |
1583700048 |
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9781583700044 |
| Music No. |
EXLDVDPK INTELECOM |
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EXLDVD1--EXLDVD4 INTELECOM |
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