In this video, the psychologist Laurie Santos (Yale University) explains the philosopher Tamar Gendler's concept of alief--an automatic or habitual mental attitude. The video discusses why aliefs differ from beliefs and how aliefs can...

Tahera Ahmad is an outspoken young woman from a traditional Pakistani-American family. She is a coach and mentor for Muslims in high school while studying to be an Islamic chaplain. A trip to Egypt takes her out into the world for the...

Jeneen Robinson is an African American single mother, as well as a newly ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. She balances the responsibilities of parenting, schoolwork, and creating an original preaching...

Rob Pene was born in American Samoa and came to the United States on a baseball scholarship. Unsuccessful in his major-league tryouts, he pursues his passion through an urban ministry. He also writes and performs Christian rap. The...

Bilal Ansari is an African American father of three and a student in the Islamic Chaplaincy Program at Hartford Seminary. He works tirelessly in the Connecticut prison system, where inmates often convert to Islam, but where he is also...

This film tells the story of Steven Gamez who is studying to become a Catholic Priest. Steven is a Tejano (Texan-Mexican), born and raised on San Antonio's rough West Side. He dreams of returning to his neighborhood and serving the poor....

Shmuly Yanklowitz is an intellectual rabbinical student at New York City's Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School and a passionate activist. A Modern Orthodox Jew, he feels compelled to break boundaries, to resist becoming an...

If you're unfamiliar with the details of the Dia of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos), you might not understand the significance of the details around the ofrendas families put up to honor the deceased. CeCe Villa from Dowling Catholic High...

Teachers Heather Cardinale and Sabrina Charles-Cintron help students learn that all families are diverse and include people who care for and support one another, in this video from Let's Learn. A drawing activity is included at the end...

At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that family can be defined in many ways. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Dynamics of Family Conflict."

The concept of justification is fundamental to good, careful thinking. But what does it mean for a belief or action to be justified? In this video, Kelley sheds some light on how to assess whether a belief and action is justified. [3:11]

Geoff Pynn tells you what critical thinking is, what an argument is, and what the difference between a deductive and an ampliative argument is. [9:49]

How do we know stuff about matters of fact that we have yet to observe? For example, how do I know that the sun will rise tomorrow? A natural answer is that we have this knowledge through induction: I know the sun will rise tomorrow,...

I think, therefore I am' - almost everyone has heard of Rene Descartes' famous cogito argument. But what is this argument about? What does it show, and why are so many philosophers excited about it - even today, more than 350 years after...

This lesson will define and explain values and beliefs. Robin Williams Jr's ten values central to American Life will be listed and discussed. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Values and Beliefs."

This lesson will define and explain values and beliefs. Robin Williams Jr's ten values central to American Life will be listed and discussed. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Values and Beliefs."