Thinking and Language: Story of Genie, a Child Without Language, The
Genie was in her early teens when she escaped a life of captivity caged in a room without language, clothing, or human companionship by a father who considered her subhuman. Susan Curtiss, then a graduate student at UCLA..
Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
Historian Peter Onuf talks about reasons why Thomas Jefferson didn't free his slaves. Professor Onuf explains that one reason was Jefferson's personal financial debt. "For financial reasons, (his) estate wouldn't allow i..
Thomas Jefferson: A Study in Contradiction
Historian Peter Onuf talks about the apparent contradiction between Thomas Jefferson as a champion of freedom, liberty, and democracy, and Thomas Jefferson the aristocrat and slave owner.
Thomas Kuhn
Philosopher Ian Hacking talks about Thomas Kuhn's notion that science is very much a historical process--one in which breakthroughs often come at unexpected or unpredictable times, rather than at regular intervals. He al..
Thomas Kuhn: His Core Ideas
Philosopher Ian Hacking talks about Thomas Kuhn's core ideas, including the notion that scientists generally practice what Kuhn terms "normal science," but that at times there are tremendous breakthroughs that usually co..
Thoroughly Check for Common Factors
Be thorough when checking for common factors, especially when factoring by inspection. You have not factored completely until no common factors remain.
Time and Cosmology
Philosopher Stephen Toulmin talks about the efforts of Immanuel Kant and others to come to grips with questions about time and whether it's possible to produce an overall theoretical description of the whole process by w..
To End All Wars?: Battle Status as U. S. Enters World War I
The Russian revolution in the fall of 1917 creates new opportunities for Germany in World War I. The Germans launch a series of offensives drives in an attempt to reach Paris before U. S. troops arrive. However, the arri..
To End All Wars?: Last Brutal Battles of World War I
General John Pershing is concerned about the effectiveness of the Allied war plan and pushes to gain control over a specific sector of the battle for U.S. troops. Such an approach will highlight the significance of the U..
To End All Wars?: Paris Peace Conference, The
President Woodrow Wilson's vision clashes with the hard realities of international politics at the Paris Peace Conference. He compromises territorial settlements in the Far East and Poland in order to save the idea of th..