January 23, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation A History of Ideas: Luciano Floridi On The Fourth Revolution January 23, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation Are we in the midst of a fourth revolution in human thinking? This is the view of philosopher Luciano Floridi.
January 22, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation A History of Ideas: The Antikythera Mechanism January 22, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation Surely computers are a modern invention? Er… no. The Antikythera Mechanism shows that calculating machines had been invented at the time of the ancient Greeks.
January 21, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation History of Ideas: Marshall McLuhan On The Medium is the Message January 21, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation What did Marshall McLuhan mean by his statement ‘The Medium Is The Message’?
January 20, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation A History of Ideas: The Idea of Cultural Transmission January 20, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation What truly sets humans apart from other animals?
January 19, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation A History of Ideas: Karl Marx on Alienation January 19, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation Karl Marx believed that work helped define human life and give it meaning.
January 18, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation A History of Ideas: John Locke on Personal Identity January 18, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation What makes you… well, YOU? Is it your body? Is it your mind
January 17, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation A History of Ideas: Noam Chomsky on Language Acquisition January 17, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation Why are humans able to speak so easily? Is it because, as Plato believed, we are born knowing things?
January 16, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation A History of Ideas: William Paley and the Divine Watchmaker January 16, 2017 Andrew Park Whiteboard Animation Theologian William Paley propounded the theory that if you found a watch on a heath, you would assume that an intelligent being designed and made it.
