Hello lovely patrons! I'm trying to get rid of a bunch of my old books, so if you'd like them (complete with my highlights and notes in the margins) then come get 'em!
Antifa: The Antifascist Handbook – Mark Bray
Women & Gender in Islam – Leila Ahmed
Infinitely Demanding - Simon Critchley
Orientalism – Edward Said <...
CW: Torture
“There are many ways to destroy a person, but one of the simplest and most devastating is through prolonged solitary confinement.”
WOW.
As the title implies, this is a book about solitary confinement and what it does to people. Guenther argues that its effects are so profound and devastating that we actuall...
2018-06-08 12:30:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons.
Yesterday, the 31st of May, marked five years of Philosophy Tube. THANK YOU all so, so much - it's you that have enabled me to make this my job. In this video I look back on my first ever video. You've helped me come such a long way. Thank you!
2018-06-01 13:00:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely Patrons! Here's a fun video for you, it should be helpful if you're studying philosophy or if you need a refresher on your classics!
2018-05-25 17:20:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely Patrons! Here's me going through your comments from the last month, including some stuff from that video I did on Reni Eddo-Lodge's book "Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race," which sortof blew up... As well as stuff from the episode on Healthcare and Postmodernism. It also contains your thank yous and the credits! Enjoy!
2018-05-18 13:05:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! Here's a brand new video about ethical decision-making when it comes to medical resources. Why are some people keen on denying care to those with certain lifestyles, and not others? What is the meaning of "personal responsibility" when it comes to caring for bodies? Can Foucault shed any light?
2018-05-11 13:01:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you to all of you for supporting me this month! I literally would not have this roof over my head were it not for yo...
2018-05-07 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely patrons! Here's a chilled out video of me talking about a book that's soaring to the top of bestseller lists in the UK right now and is a great introduction to anti-racist thinking. Hope you like it!
2018-05-04 13:03:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely Patrons! This is the biggest project I've done in a while, it's a half-hour special on Hegel and Identity Politics, as well as a FIVE-WAY COLLAB with a host of other YouTubers. Enjoy!
2018-04-27 13:09:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely Patrons! Here's a brand new video featuring all your shout-outs and rewards, as well as me answering comments about uploading minds into computers and the Flat Earth Myth. Enjoy!
2018-04-20 13:18:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely patrons! Today's episode is about the philosophy of science, and it also explains Direct Realism, which you'll need to know if you're studying A-Level philosophy. Enjoy!
2018-04-13 13:06:11 +0000 UTC View PostThis book caused quite a stir in the UK when it came out last year and is still a prominent part of major bookshop window displays, so I was very much looking forward to diving into it. As the title suggests it’s about race and racism, with a particular focus on the UK, which I found very refreshing since most of the anti-racist works I read have a US focus. In particular I got a lot out of the ...
2018-04-08 20:24:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely Patrons! Here's a video about how YouTube shapes the self, or maybe the other way around?? Hope you like!
2018-04-06 13:18:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Whoa.
I didn’t know much about Venezuelan politics or history before reading this book, and having read it I now realise just how much of what I thought I knew was wrong. Not just wrong, but how foolish it was to apply the kinds of models of government and economy I’m familiar with to...
2018-04-01 13:13:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely patrons! Here's a new video about minds and computers, and whether you could put one inside the other! Hope you like it!
2018-03-30 19:17:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely patrons! Here's me going through your comments from the last month; I got called out on a few things, especially RE Zera Yacob, and wanted to set them straight. Enjoy!
2018-03-23 14:15:32 +0000 UTC View PostThis is my first foray into disability studies and I liked it! The book is tough: it lays its methodological bones bare in ways that sometimes feels like treading water and on top of that the concepts it’s trying to get across are difficult too. But I picked up a lot.
Clifford explains that for about four hundred years we’ve had a loose sketch of the ideal political subject - someon...
2018-03-22 20:21:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely Patrons! Here's a new episode all about "autonomous vehicles" and the ethical problems they throw up. I also discuss trolley problems and whether they're really useful. Enjoy!
2018-03-16 14:03:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely Patrons! Just in time for International Women's Day, here's three books by and/or about inspiring women! Hope you like!
2018-03-09 14:03:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons, if you're in London and you'd like to see me play Pontius Pilate in front of like 20,000 people, well now you can! All the details are here.
2018-03-04 21:44:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely Patrons! Here's some more on the Philosophy of Technology as Applied to YouTube - how might YouTube end, and what can imagining that end tell us about how we relate to the Internet and tech generally?
2018-03-02 15:01:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely Patrons! I was so inspired by Black Panther that I decided to make and release this episode early; it's about Zera Yacob, the Ethiopian philosopher who beat a lot of the Enlightenment thinkers to the punch! This is a rare gem: his works are hardly available in English. Enjoy!
2018-02-23 14:40:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! I'm doing a livestream tonight to celebreate 175,000 subscribers! I hope you can make it!
2018-02-22 16:08:54 +0000 UTC View Post
This book could just as easily have been called The Rhetoric of Biology or The Rhetoric of Physics or even The Rhetoric of Science had the examples been swapped out. McCloskey demonstrates that whilst the scientific (specifically economic) methodology of investigation, exp...
2018-02-20 16:52:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely patrons! Here's me answering your comments from my latest series. This video also features the credits, which contain the names of many of you! Enjoy!
2018-02-16 17:17:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely Patrons! Here's my book recommendations for February, and this lot includes some Edward Said, some philosophy of mind, and some post-Marxism from George Ciccariello-Maher. I also talk a little about how to effectively cite other authors while writing. Hope you like it!
2018-02-09 14:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely patrons! Here's the conclusion to my latest series, this time I'm tying everything together and talking about W.E.B. Du Bois' ideas of "double-consciousness," plus some fun stuff about how to make socially conscious art! Enjoy!
2018-02-02 14:41:32 +0000 UTC View Post
This was a challenging read, and not challenging in the sense of the prose being difficult but that refreshing kind of challenging that made me take a hard look at what I do as a YouTuber and how I think about my work and the media through which I do it. It’s a book about the philosophy of technology, in wh...
2018-01-31 19:40:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely Patrons! Here's Part 3 in my new series on epistemology, it's about the supposed dichotomy between reason and emotion and how philosopher Sara Ahmed (among others) thinks they may not be so opposed after all! Enjoy!
2018-01-26 15:02:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely Patrons! Here's Part 2 in my ongoing series about rationality. This one's all about moral reasons, and what happens if you just want to be wicked - plus a little philosophy of mind mixed in there too!
2018-01-19 16:27:03 +0000 UTC View Post