Jeffrey Kaplan

Saul Kripke's Causal Theory of Names

Naming and Necessity by Saul Kripke - Part 1

What are Possible Worlds?

"Proper Names" by John Searle

Gottlob Frege - On Sense and Reference

The Compositionality of Language explained

John Stuart Mill - one minor mistake

Legal Positivism - the dominant theory in jurisprudence

The Liar Paradox - an explanation of the paradox from 400 BCE

Euthyphro and Socrates

Recommending Descartes’ Meditations

The first 7 philosophy texts you should read

Pleasure is good as an end

Lecture on Friedrich Nietzsche’s ‘Genealogy of Morals’

This philosopher's work explains Twitter Addiction

Russell's Paradox - a simple explanation of a profound problem

Semester Ethics Course condensed (Part 2 of 2)

Semester Ethics Course condensed into 22mins (Part 1 of 2)

Why do philosophers use *imaginary* examples?

Rules for Interacting with College Professors - Office Hours, Email, Letters of Recommendation

Lecture #11: Taking Notes Effectively - which words should you write down?

Lecture #10: How to Memorize Anything - EFFICIENTLY

Lecture #9: How to Read so that you *Retain* Information

How much of the reading do you have to do in college courses?

Lecture #7 - My Method for Defeating Procrastination

Keeping a Calendar in College

How to Read a College Syllabus - And Strategize for How to Best Approach the Course

Secret to College Success #4: Actually Learn

How to Make College Courses Easy and How *Not* to Practice "Self-Care"

To Do Well In College: Don't Work Hard, Work Efficiently

Student Loans are Great, But Only if Used Correctly

The Details of Brown v Board of Ed - - US Supreme Court

What is Philosophy? - First Lecture of the Semester

Guide for Writing a Philosophy Paper

How to Read Philosophy

The Zombie Argument (from David Chalmers)

The Hard Problem of Consciousness

Frank Jackson's famous 'Mary's Room' Thought Experiment

What is it Like to be a Bat? - the hard problem of consciousness

Does your RED look the same as my RED?

The famous Chinese Room thought experiment - John Searle (1980)

Functionalism

The Mind-Brain Identity Theory

Hilary Putnam's Super-Spartans attack on Behaviorism

The Behaviorist Theory of Mind

What is a Counterexample? (and why philosophers use fictional examples)

Riggs v Palmer - famous court case about a grandson murdering his grandfather

Ronald Dworkin's attack on HLA Hart's Theory of Law

Marbury v Madison - the most important case in US Supreme Court history

The Rule of Recognition