Abigail Thorn hosts free philosophy lessons on YouTube, sometimes branching out into politics, humour, and personal reflection.
Where to Watch Philosophy Tube • Season 2015
47 Episodes
What is Brutality? - Gentleman Thinker
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What is Brutality? - Gentleman ThinkerWhat is brutality, or primitiveness? How does it factor into logic and philosophy? Let the Gentleman Thinker explain!
Descartes' Trademark Proof of God
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Descartes' Trademark Proof of GodHow does Descartes try to prove the existence of God in his Meditations?
What are Possible Worlds? - Gentleman Thinker
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What are Possible Worlds? - Gentleman ThinkerWhat are possible worlds, and how do they factor into philosophy and our understanding of language?
Overanalyzing Sexy Thumbnails
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Overanalyzing Sexy ThumbnailsAired January 30, 2015
Is it OK to use sexy thumbnails? Is it objectifying, or sexist?
Hedonism and Pleasure
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Hedonism and PleasureWhat do you need to live a good life? Is pleasure the only good?
Overanalyzing Love, Lingerie & Valentine's Day
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Overanalyzing Love, Lingerie & Valentine's DayAired February 13, 2015
The philosophy of love, chat about sexy underwear, and Valentine’s Day!
How to Count All the Objects in the Universe
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How to Count All the Objects in the UniverseMetaphysics! How would we count all the objects in the universe?
What is Imagination?
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What is Imagination?
Should Smokers Get Lung Transplants?
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Should Smokers Get Lung Transplants?If you damage your health, should you pay the price?
Should You Obey the Law?
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Should You Obey the Law?What laws do you have to follow, and why should you follow them?
Overanalyzing Indiana, LGBT Rights, and Religious Freedom
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Overanalyzing Indiana, LGBT Rights, and Religious FreedomAired April 10, 2015
What if a gay person wants to use a company of a religious person who doesn't approve of homosexuality? Whose rights win out?
Can You Trust Testimony?
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Can You Trust Testimony?
Overanalyzing Trigger Warnings
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Overanalyzing Trigger WarningsAired April 24, 2015
Is CinemaSins the Future of Criticism?
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Is CinemaSins the Future of Criticism?Aired April 24, 2015
Cinemasins is a hugely popular channel about movies, but is it a model for critics everywhere?
Overanalyzing My Little Pony, Socialism, and Ayn Rand
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Overanalyzing My Little Pony, Socialism, and Ayn RandAired May 8, 2015
What does the Season 5 opener of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic say about socialism and Ayn Rand? No, really.
Does the Future Exist?
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Does the Future Exist?Philosophy meets physics, special relativity, and Doctor Who!
Should Britain Keep its Nuclear Weapons?
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Should Britain Keep its Nuclear Weapons?Trident will have to renewed or scrapped soon, so is Mutually Assured Destruction the way forward, or is it time to ban the bomb?
Should You Save the Greatest Number?
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Should You Save the Greatest Number?When saving lives, should you always save the greatest number? What if you didn’t have to?
Should Britain Scrap the Human Rights Act?
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Should Britain Scrap the Human Rights Act?What does the EUCHR do for us, and how does philosophy help settle this question?
Nazis, Art, and Forgery
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Nazis, Art, and ForgeryNazis! Art! Excitement!
Is Britain a Christian Country?
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Is Britain a Christian Country?Aired June 19, 2015
What does being a Christian country mean? What did the Prime Minister mean when he said it?
How To Read YouTube Comments, as a 'White Knight SJW'
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How To Read YouTube Comments, as a 'White Knight SJW'
Police Brutality, Libertarianism, & Human Rights
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Police Brutality, Libertarianism, & Human RightsHuman Rights, Libertarianism, Abortion, Police Brutality, Government Torture – they’re all connected. But how?
Atheists: Was Jesus a Marxist?
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Atheists: Was Jesus a Marxist?What do Jesus and Marx have in common, and what can an atheist get out of the New Testament?
Is Rick and Morty Existentialist?
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Is Rick and Morty Existentialist?Is sci-fi hit Rick and Morty actually about the work of Albert Camus?
What is Metaphysics? - Gentleman Thinker
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What is Metaphysics? - Gentleman ThinkerWhat even is metaphysics? What do metaphysicians do?
What are Deduction & Induction? - Gentleman Thinker
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What are Deduction & Induction? - Gentleman ThinkerWhat kinds of philosophical arguments can you construct, and what different techniques do they use?
What are Thought Experiments? - Gentleman Thinker
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What are Thought Experiments? - Gentleman ThinkerHow can you use your imagination to help you do philosophy?
What are 'A priori & A posteriori?' - Gentleman Thinker
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What are 'A priori & A posteriori?' - Gentleman ThinkerWhat are the ways in which you can get knowledge? Here are the main 2 philosophers use!
She Wants to Keep the Baby! (Abortion, Feminism, & Fathers' Rights)
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She Wants to Keep the Baby! (Abortion, Feminism, & Fathers' Rights)Aired August 28, 2015
What if someone is pregnant and the father doesn’t want to keep it? Can the mother refuse to get an abortion and then demand child support?
Was Socrates Real or a Creation of Plato?
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Was Socrates Real or a Creation of Plato?Could the famous Ancient Greek philosopher have been totally made up, or are Plato, Xenophon, and Aristophanes accurate?
Is the Law like a Comic Book or D&D Game? Dworkin's "Law as Integrity"
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Is the Law like a Comic Book or D&D Game? Dworkin's "Law as Integrity"How is the Law and the job of judges like a comic book, or a tabletop game? Ronald Dworkin’s Law as Integrity:
Indexicals and Demonstratives | Gentleman Thinker
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Indexicals and Demonstratives | Gentleman ThinkerCrucial features of language! Indicating words and pointing words!
How to Deal with Tragedy - Stoicism
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How to Deal with Tragedy - StoicismWhen awful things happen, can letting go of your emotions and embracing Ancient Greek rationalism be the answer?
AI: Computers and Minds
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AI: Computers and MindsAre Artificial Intelligence and Computerised Minds really feasible, technologically and philosophically?
Should People in Prison have a Right to Vote?
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Should People in Prison have a Right to Vote?Are prisoners entitled to vote in elections, or is disenfranchisement justified legal punishment?
Doctors & Nurses Uniform Rules
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Doctors & Nurses Uniform RulesAired October 16, 2015
NHS workers have to comply with rules about their appearance; what moral and religious/cultural dilemmas does this raise?
Who Should Superman Save?
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Who Should Superman Save?Morally speaking, who does the Man of Steel have a duty to save?
Why Do We Love the Horror of Halloween?
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Why Do We Love the Horror of Halloween?Why do we take pleasure in spooky scary art, and can Hume, Carroll, and Aristotle solve the Paradox of Horror?
Catch-22 Logical Paradox | Gentleman Thinker
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Catch-22 Logical Paradox | Gentleman ThinkerWhen you need experience to get a job, but need a job to get experience, there’s a philosophical and logical name for that!
How to Live a Happy, Pleasurable Life
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How to Live a Happy, Pleasurable LifeHedonism is a philosophical theory about PLEASURE!
Assassin's Creed & Templar Philosophy
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Assassin's Creed & Templar PhilosophyAired November 20, 2015
With the release of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate it’s time to look at some video game philosophy!
What are Songs? What is Music?
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What are Songs? What is Music?Time for some aesthetics and metaphysics! Are songs sets, or abstract objects?
My Dawkins/Hitchens Atheist Phase
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My Dawkins/Hitchens Atheist PhaseAired December 4, 2015
In becoming an atheist I went through a Richard Dawkins/Christopher Hitchens phase, but I’ve grown out of it. So here's a personal vlog about that experience, rather than an analysis of their positions.
Science, Materialism, Minds & God (Margaret Cavendish)
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Science, Materialism, Minds & God (Margaret Cavendish)Margaret Cavendish influenced Hume, Hobbes, and Locke with her theories on science, materialism, minds, and God!
What is Determinism? | Gentleman Thinker
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What is Determinism? | Gentleman ThinkerToday we explore the philosophy of cause and effect, determinism and free will, with Pierre-Simon Laplace!
Feminist Nativity Analysis, the Re-Do
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Feminist Nativity Analysis, the Re-DoAired December 25, 2015
Time for some Christmas feminism and theology, revisiting an old video on the Nativity and reading some comments!
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