The Examined Life (series, 1998)

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    Runtime 30 min
    Premiere: USA September 1998
    Production Companies Teleac/NOTURINTELECOM Intelligent Communications

    Description

    The Examined Life brings learners the philosophic wisdom of the western world in 26 half-hour episodes. Each episode examines one of the «Great Questions» that have intrigued philosophers from antiquity to the present. Using writings of past philosophers and interviews with contemporary philosophers, the series underscores how these classic questions still reverberate in modern society. Produced in cooperation with Netherlands Educational Corporation (TELEAC) and the Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company (UR).
    4 seasons, 45 episodes 13 hr
    s1: e1 — Season 1, Episode 1  

    What is Philosophy?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e2 — Season 1, Episode 2  

    What is Human Nature?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e3 — Season 1, Episode 3  

    Is Mind Distinct from Body

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e4 — Season 1, Episode 4  

    Is There an Enduring Self?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e5 — Season 1, Episode 5  

    Are We Social Beings?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e6 — Season 1, Episode 6  

    What is Real?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e7 — Season 1, Episode 7  

    How Do We Encounter the World?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e8 — Season 1, Episode 8  

    Do We Have Free Will?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e9 — Season 1, Episode 9  

    Is Time Real?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e10 — Season 1, Episode 10  

    Is There an Ultimate Truth?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e11 — Season 1, Episode 11  

    Can We Know God Through Experience?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e12 — Season 1, Episode 12  

    Is Reason the Source of Knowledge?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e13 — Season 1, Episode 13  

    Does All Knowledge Come from Experience?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e14 — Season 1, Episode 14  

    Does Mind Shape the World?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e15 — Season 1, Episode 15  

    How Does Science Add to Knowledge?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e16 — Season 1, Episode 16  

    Does Science Give Us Truth?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e17 — Season 1, Episode 17  

    Are Interpretations True?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e18 — Season 1, Episode 18  

    Can We Know the Future?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e19 — Season 1, Episode 19  

    How Do We Learn from the Past?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e20 — Season 1, Episode 20  

    Can Rules Define Morality?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e21 — Season 1, Episode 21  

    Can Rules Define Morality?: #2

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e22 — Season 1, Episode 22  

    Moral Dilemas-Can Ethics Help?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e23 — Season 1, Episode 23  

    What Justifies the State?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e24 — Season 1, Episode 24  

    What Is Justice?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e25 — Season 1, Episode 25  

    What Is Art?

    September 1, 1998
    s1: e26 — Season 1, Episode 26  

    What Is the Meaning of Life?

    September 1, 1998

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