Lectures tagged "Experimental"


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Rational Theism: From Doubt to Conviction
Ken Wear
January 3, 2010
00:45:35
Developer of the Rational Theism Ken Wear explains the events that forced him to accept that conventional religion beliefs are not adequate. He discusses how he is drawn to Rational Theism, which does embrace deity.
Reincarnation Validated
Paul Von Ward
November 15, 2009
01:20:24
Paul Von Ward discusses the history, precepts, and processes of reincarnation with Theosophical Society of Atlanta visitors. He presents his continuing investigations and validations of scientific inquiries into this topic.
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
Christos H. Papadimitriou
October 28, 2009
00:51:45
Author and computer scientist Christos Papadimitriou discusses his new graphic novel-ized biography of the philosopher and logician Bertrand Russell, Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth.
James Ellroy: Blood's a Rover
James Ellroy
September 23, 2009
00:42:43
Los Angeles crime novelist James Ellroy tells the story of how, when he was a newborn, the borzoi dog of book publisher Alfred A. Knopf visited him in the hospital and told him that he had to write a great novel to save Americans from illiteracy in the year 2009.
Risky Writing and the Forces That Silence It
Richard Hoffman
April 10, 2008
01:31:51
Richard Hoffman moderates a panel discussion about the forces in the world of publishing, society at large, and our own psyches that work to silence "risky writing".
Shaping the Field of Educational Research
Grover J. Whitehurst
March 13, 2008
01:26:03
This forum, held in conjunction with the HGSE Student Research Conference, illuminates the principles guiding institutional decisions about educational research.
Drawing More Diversity with Jennifer Camper
Jennifer Camper
November 4, 2007
01:02:16
Jennifer Camper brings contributing artists together to discuss comics as an expressive medium that lacks diversity of perspectives.
Celebrating Boston Athenaeum Writers Past and Present II
J. Frederick Marchant
October 24, 2006
01:00:56
As a part of a bicentennial series celebrating Boston Athenaeum writers, J. Frederick Marchant presents Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Jill McDonough presents Amy Lowell; and Rosanna Warren presents Ralph Waldo Emerson. Edward Kessler acts as master of ceremonies.