Course Four · The Complete Micro-Course
The entire introductory philosophy canon, rebuilt as 210 numbered videos — each one a single idea, each idea traced to the philosopher and the primary text that made it. Start at the beginning, or start anywhere and follow the numbers back.
How the course works
Most students don’t fail philosophy — they fall behind it, one missed prerequisite at a time, until an objection assumes an argument you never quite locked down. This course is built so the way back is always visible. When something doesn’t click, you don’t rewatch a lecture. You follow the number back.
Three kinds of video: atoms (one thinker, argument, or distinction, about twenty seconds), procedures (one method or technique, shown step by step), and capstones (one worked synthesis that combines what came before). Every claim is checked against the primary texts and standard commentaries — and the full source list is published for anyone to inspect.
The whole map
New videos post daily until the course is complete. Live ones link straight to the short; the rest are on their way.
The receipts
Behind the course sits a reference document in which every position, argument, and objection is traced to its source — the primary texts (Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Mill, and the rest) and the standard commentaries where interpretation matters. Where scholars genuinely disagree about what a philosopher meant, the video says so in a clause and moves on. I taught Introduction to Philosophy for six years as an adjunct professor — and the receipts are still right there to catch me with. I’d rather be corrected than comfortable.
Spot an error? Tell me the video number and the claim — corrections get made in the open.
Follow along
The course releases in order on YouTube — one idea at a time until all 210 are live. Subscribe to catch each one, or leave your email for an occasional note when a course finishes.
A note when a course finishes. Nothing else.