Christine Hayes: Studying the Old Testament
In this introduction to a religious studies lecture series, Christine Hayes takes a look at the Old Testament from an academic perspective.
You can find the entire lecture series at Open Yale Courses.
Watch it on Academic Earth
Daniel Dennett: How Memes Made Minds – The Evolution of Reasons
Daniel Dennett talks about consciousness and the evolution of mind is the result and not the cause at Zurich Minds.
(Unfortunately, the Zurich Minds videos do not provide embedding, so I’ll have to leave you with a link to the source)
A.C. Grayling: Teach the Controversy
Philosopher A.C. Grayling explains why he thinks that teaching controversy isn’t helpful.
Sam Harris: Can Science Determine Human Values?
In this talk at Berkeley, Sam Harris elaborates, why he thinks that science can be a foundation for moral values.