Replication
Philosopher Daniel Dennett talks about the importance of self-reproduction. When conditions are just right, he observes, collections of molecules can make copies of themselves. According to Professor Dennett, this starts a snow-balling process which...
What is Human Nature?: Traditional Greek View of Human Nature, The
Aristotle, Plato's student agreed with his teacher's analysis of human nature. But he took a broader view of how humans fit into nature as a whole. In Aristotle's view everything has its own unique purpose or telos. Biological and sensory purposes a...
Law and the Legal System
Every society has laws and rules set forth and enforced by an authority for the purpose of keeping order within the society. This clip defines "laws" and discusses the purpose of a legal system.
Does God Exist?: God's Existence and Darwinian Evolution
Darwin's theory of evolution contends that through a process of natural selection organisms that can adapt survive; the rest perish. What was thought to be the work of a Supreme Being is now an evolutionary process. There is a difference between ord...