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September 2 · 8 min
08 Discover Your TRUE Career Purpose: Questions for Your Job Hunt — Job Searching with Purpose
In this lesson, we dive into the 'career purpose worksheet,' a powerful tool designed to help you articulate the tactical 'why' behind your job hunt. Moving beyond philosophical contemplation, this exercise guides you through critical questions to uncover your non-negotiables and core motivations, ensuring your next career move aligns with what truly matters to you. 🎯 Learning Objectives • Identify personal "huge or nothing" factors and non-negotiables for your job search. • Articulate the specific problems you are passionate about solving and who you aim to help. • Determine your preferences for organizational structure and work dynamics (e.g., best-in-class vs. fixer-upper, consulting vs. client-side). • Strategically use tactical questions to filter opportunities and clarify your underlying motivations. 📚 About the Course: Navigating a career move can feel overwhelming in today’s dynamic job market. The Hunt offers a practical, structured framework to help you make your next job search intentional, effective, and purpose-driven. Whether you’re starting your career, seeking a new direction, or looking to advance, this course equips you with the tools to clarify your goals, sharpen your pitch, and connect authentically with others. Drawing on strategies tested with hundreds of students and professionals, the course emphasizes how to combine self-reflection, networking tactics, and storytelling to land opportunities that align with your values and strengths. By the end, you’ll walk away with a personalized one-page Hunt Dashboard to guide your ongoing career journey. 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-job-hunt 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 46 min
17. Renal Physiology (cont.)
Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering (BENG 100) Professor Saltzman continues his description of nephron anatomy, and the specific role of each part of the nephron in establishing concentration gradients to help in secretion and reabsorption of water, ions, nutrients and wastes. A number of molecular transport processes that produces urine from the initial ultra-filtrate, such as passive diffusion by concentration difference, osmosis, and active transport with sodium-potassium ATPase, are listed. Next, Professor Saltzman describes a method to measure glomerular filtration rate (GFR) using tracer molecule, inulin. He then talks about regulation of sodium, an important ion for cell signaling in the body, as an example to demonstrate the different ways in which nephrons maintain homeostasis. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction 03:06 - Chapter 2. The Role of the Nephron in Ion Balance 16:54 - Chapter 3. The Glomerular Filtration Rate 26:21 - Chapter 4. Selective Reabsorption 39:51 - Chapter 5. Water Balance and Conclusion Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2008. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 49 min
12. Biomolecular Engineering: General Concepts (cont.)
Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering (BENG 100) Professor Saltzman reviews the pharmacokinetic first-order rate equation that can be used to model changes in drug concentration in the blood, as well as its derivation from the law of conservation of mass. The importance of maintaining a drug concentration that is sufficient for therapeutic purpose, but below a toxic level, is emphasized. Since this is directly affected by drug administration method, ways to localize and sustain therapeutic concentrations of drug, such as incorporating in slow-releasing, biocompatible polymers are introduced. Professor Saltzman gave some examples of clinical applications of controlled release drug delivery system, such as anti-restenosis drug incorporated into stents, and chemotherapeutic drugs in brain implants and microspheres. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Model for Injected Drug Delivery 08:42 - Chapter 2. Model for Oral Drug Delivery 16:10 - Chapter 3. Drug as Implant: Potentials and Limits 38:46 - Chapter 4. Accessibility of New Drug Delivery Methods Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2008. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 13 min
3.6 | Protect Your Patients! Cybersecurity Essentials for Medical Software Course
In this critical lesson, we delve into the paramount importance of cybersecurity for medical software developers in an era of interconnected devices. Discover why safeguarding information systems from unauthorized activities is not just a technical requirement, but a vital component of patient safety and data integrity, with real-world examples illustrating the devastating impact of breaches. 🎯 Learning Objectives • Define cybersecurity within the context of medical devices and software. • Understand the critical importance of cybersecurity for patient safety and data integrity in healthcare. • Identify key cybersecurity principles and best practices, including authentication, encryption, and the NIST framework. • Differentiate between FDA's Tier 1 and Tier 2 cybersecurity risk classifications for medical devices. • Discuss the challenges and considerations for maintaining data security in cloud environments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 50 min
6. Cell Culture Engineering (cont.)
Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering (BENG 100) Professor Saltzman describes the processes of fertilization and embryogenesis. Professor Saltzman then talks about the definition and classification of different types of stem cells, where stem cells are found in the body, and the potential for use of stem cells in treating diseases. Some challenges in this type of therapy are also discussed. Finally, Professor Saltzman introduces the exponential equation for cell growth, dX/dt = eμt, and the concept of cell "doubling time." 00:00 - Chapter 1. Fertilization and Early Development 11:50 - Chapter 2. Development of Stem Cells 23:26 - Chapter 3. Results of Differentiation 36:52 - Chapter 4. Stem Cell Lineage 44:26 - Chapter 5. Cell Proliferation Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2008. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 48 min
America at 250 Podcast Episode 1 - John Adams' To-do List and "Common Sense"
Professors David Blight, Beverly Gage, and Joanne Freeman gathered at the Yale Teaching Studios to discuss Professor Freeman's Week 1 lectures on the pre-revolutionary period. This podcast is also available on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/america-at-250-the-podcast/id1840422776 and Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4C8qfQf21r4eO6mVUFguG2 To view all the videos in this course or view and download a copy of the course syllabus with required readings please scroll through the page at this link: https://president.yale.edu/committees-programs/devane-lectures/america-at-250-a-history Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 13 min
06 Find Your Why: Crafting Your Personal Purpose Statement | Job Searching with Purpose
Why are you here? In this lesson, we dive deep into uncovering your individual purpose, an essential step for a meaningful career and successful job search. You'll explore powerful tools and worksheets designed to help you reflect on your past, envision your future, understand your intrinsic motivations, and ultimately craft a clear, impactful mission statement to guide your next professional steps. 🎯 Learning Objectives • Explore the significance of individual purpose in career and leadership. • Complete a personal purpose worksheet by reflecting on past choices, personal attributes, and future horizons. • Identify your "flow states" and "big why" to understand your core motivations. • Develop a personal impact statement or career mission statement to guide your job search. 📚 About the Course: Navigating a career move can feel overwhelming in today’s dynamic job market. The Hunt offers a practical, structured framework to help you make your next job search intentional, effective, and purpose-driven. Whether you’re starting your career, seeking a new direction, or looking to advance, this course equips you with the tools to clarify your goals, sharpen your pitch, and connect authentically with others. Drawing on strategies tested with hundreds of students and professionals, the course emphasizes how to combine self-reflection, networking tactics, and storytelling to land opportunities that align with your values and strengths. By the end, you’ll walk away with a personalized one-page Hunt Dashboard to guide your ongoing career journey. 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-job-hunt 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 51 min
22. Tissue Engineering
Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering (BENG 100) Professor Saltzman motivates the need for tissue engineering, and describes the basic elements of the tissue engineering approach. Professor Saltzman defines three different types of tissue transplants: autografts, allografts, and xenografts. An online resource for organ donors/recipients is presented, which stresses the great need for donors, and the important contribution of tissue engineering in producing/growing organs that can be used for this purpose. Next, Professor Saltzman compared drug and gene therapy, and discusses the use of stem cell in tissue engineering for wound healing. The need for compatible biomaterials to support growth and differentiation of stem cells into functional organ is also highlighted. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction to Tissue Engineering 06:15 - Chapter 2. Challenges in Organ Transplantation 17:37 - Chapter 3. Cell Culturing in Tissue Engineering 32:34 - Chapter 4. Tissue Engineering in the Regulation of Healing Processes Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2008. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 48 min
22. Supernovae
Frontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Professor Bailyn offers a review of what is known so far about the expansion of the universe from observing galaxies, supernovae, and other celestial phenomena. The rate of the expansion of the universe is discussed along with the Big Rip theory and the balance of dark energy and dark matter in the universe over time. The point at which the universe shifts from accelerating to decelerating is examined. Worries related to the brightness of high redshift supernovae and the effects of gravitational lensing are explained. The lecture also describes current project designs for detecting supernovae at high or intermediate redshift, such as the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM) and Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). 00:00 - Chapter 1. From Acceleration to Deceleration of Universe Expansion 10:20 - Chapter 2. The Balance between Dark Energy and Dark Matter 18:59 - Chapter 3. Complications from Supernovae Brightness and Gravitational Lensing Effects 37:33 - Chapter 4. The Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM) and Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 13 min
05 Alumni Share Job Search Strategies and Decision-Making Tools | Job Searching with Purpose
Ever wonder how successful alumni navigate the complex job market? In this lesson, hear from former students who leveraged structured tools and frameworks like detailed spreadsheets, "the hunt" methodology, and "rock" and "triangle" exercises to clarify their priorities, effectively track opportunities, and make intentional career decisions by aligning their skills and desires with ideal roles. They emphasize the power of quantifying subjective factors to integrate both logic and intuition in your job search. 🎯 Learning Objectives • Learn the benefits of a structured approach to managing your job search process. • Understand how to effectively track job opportunities and contacts using simple, comprehensive tools. • Discover strategies for comparing diverse job opportunities by listing, weighting, and scoring criteria. • Recognize the importance of aligning your skills and what you want from a role to tailor your resume and pitch. • Explore how to integrate both analytical quantification and personal intuition in your career decision-making. 📚 About the Course: Navigating a career move can feel overwhelming in today’s dynamic job market. The Hunt offers a practical, structured framework to help you make your next job search intentional, effective, and purpose-driven. Whether you’re starting your career, seeking a new direction, or looking to advance, this course equips you with the tools to clarify your goals, sharpen your pitch, and connect authentically with others. Drawing on strategies tested with hundreds of students and professionals, the course emphasizes how to combine self-reflection, networking tactics, and storytelling to land opportunities that align with your values and strengths. By the end, you’ll walk away with a personalized one-page Hunt Dashboard to guide your ongoing career journey. 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-job-hunt 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 12 min
1002 | How to Craft the Perfect Pitch Deck for Your Social Venture - Social Entrepreneurship Course
Ever wondered what makes a pitch truly compelling, whether you have 10 minutes or just 30 seconds? In this lesson, we break down the art of pitching, guiding you through different formats—from comprehensive 10-slide decks to concise elevator pitches—and revealing the essential elements needed to captivate your audience and effectively communicate your social venture's vision. 🎯 Learning Objectives • Outline the key components of a comprehensive 10-slide pitch deck. • Differentiate between full-length, 5-minute, and lightning/elevator pitch formats and their core elements. • Learn how to effectively present your venture's challenge, opportunity, solution, and value proposition. • Understand the importance of showcasing team expertise and addressing potential challenges in a pitch. • Develop strategies for tailoring your pitch to different audiences and time constraints. 📚 About the Course Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create real change? You don't have to start your own organization to make a difference in the world. Everyone can learn the social entrepreneurship mindset and skillset to build social impact. In this course, you will immerse yourself in a social or environmental challenge you want to tackle. You'll start by researching your topic of choice, talking to people, and ideating a potential solution that you can contribute. Then, you'll build a business model around that solution, understanding concepts like measuring social change, ensuring financial viability, funding and pitching. This course is a safe space to experiment and explore. You'll be guided by a ten stage framework to help structure your journey. Along the way, you'll hear from social entrepreneurs around the world through case studies and campus conversations. These include Yale alumni, members of the New Haven community, and global changemakers. Everyone is welcome to join this course! You can apply your lived, learned, or professional experience to discover how you're going to make a difference. 📺 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNezbi0aRJeVnt99ynTVZG1PL 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://online.yale.edu/courses/creating-change-through-social-entrepreneurship 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/courses/creating-change-through-social-entrepreneurship #SocialEntrepreneurship #YaleCourse #Impact #Changemakers #BusinessPlan #DesignThinking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 12 min
12 Define Your Dream Job: Triangles and Yearning Octopus for Your Pitch | Job Searching with Purpose
In this lesson, we explore how to clarify and personalize your job hunt using the "two triangles" framework. This powerful method helps you articulate both what you truly desire from a new role and the unique skills and experiences you're excited to contribute. We'll also dive into the "yearning octopus" exercise, a valuable tool for uncovering your deepest motivations and ensuring your job search aligns with your authentic self. This structured approach helps you develop a compelling personal pitch for networking and interviews. 🎯 Learning Objectives • Understand the "two triangles" framework for structuring your job search priorities. • Clearly articulate what you want from your next role and what unique value you bring. • Develop a hierarchy of personal stories to support your key job search elements and contributions. • Utilize the "yearning octopus" exercise to uncover your core yearnings and authentic motivations. • Refine your job search priorities by identifying and challenging external expectations. 📚 About the Course: Navigating a career move can feel overwhelming in today’s dynamic job market. The Hunt offers a practical, structured framework to help you make your next job search intentional, effective, and purpose-driven. Whether you’re starting your career, seeking a new direction, or looking to advance, this course equips you with the tools to clarify your goals, sharpen your pitch, and connect authentically with others. Drawing on strategies tested with hundreds of students and professionals, the course emphasizes how to combine self-reflection, networking tactics, and storytelling to land opportunities that align with your values and strengths. By the end, you’ll walk away with a personalized one-page Hunt Dashboard to guide your ongoing career journey. 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-job-hunt 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 49 min
America at 250, DeVane Lecture, Class 6 – Republican Precedents and Presidents: The Placement of Power
America at 250: A History. Class 6 Republican Precedents and Presidents: The Placement of Power. The 1790s was a pivotal time for the new America and Professor Joanne Freeman takes us on a tour. Recorded in Yale’s Battell Chapel. This one-time-only course examines U.S. history from 1776 to the present, in advance of the nation’s semiquincentennial (or 250th birthday) in 2026. Taught jointly by Professors Joanne Freeman, David Blight, and Beverly Gage, the course emphasizes the history of the nation-state and the contested nature of American national identity. All three scholars will deliver the course’s first and final lectures together, as an introduction and a wrap-up. In between, they will each deliver eight lectures individually based on their areas of expertise. Joanne Freeman, the Alan Boles, Class of 1929 Professor of History and American Studies, and an expert in the revolutionary and early national periods of American history, will cover the period from the Revolution up through the 1830s, touching on such topics as the birth of party politics, the nature of “Jacksonian democracy,” and the rise of the reform and protest movements. David Blight, Sterling Professor of History and African American Studies and one of the country’s foremost authorities on the history of slavery and the Civil War, will cover the Civil War era up through Reconstruction and the emergence of the Jim Crow laws. Beverly Gage, John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History, who is currently writing a book on the nation’s past to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, will pick up in the 1890s and continue through the end of the 20th century, addressing debates around immigration, wealth inequality, and the creation of the social welfare state. The course explores U.S. political history broadly conceived–not just as a realm of presidents and elections and wars (though there will be plenty of those) but as a conversation across time between citizens about what the United States is, was, and was meant to be. It proceeds from the premise that the American Revolution was the first but not the last radical act of national reimagining in U.S. history. A copy of the course syllabus with required readings can be downloaded at the bottom of the page at this link: https://president.yale.edu/committees-programs/devane-lectures/america-at-250-a-history To view all the classes in the DeVane Lecture series, go to this playlist link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNezTQrY_6XMNBWaZqLRdgpoq&feature=shared Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 8 min
01 Welcome to The Hunt | Job-Searching and Career-Building With Purpose
Are you ready to transform your job search into a purposeful journey? In this foundational lesson, "Welcome to The Hunt," Peter Boyd introduces a course designed to empower you with purpose, strategy, and clarity in your career. We'll explore why your job search is more than just securing a role – it's about finding a better fit for who you are and who you're becoming, emphasizing deep internal work, building genuine human connections, and mastering practical tools and tactics to navigate today's dynamic (VUCA) world confidently. 🎯 Learning Objectives • Understand the foundational principles of a purposeful job search. • Recognize the importance of deep personal reflection in career decisions. • Appreciate the power of building real human connections in your job hunt. • Learn the value of employing effective tools and strategies for career advancement. • Realize that you never have to "hunt alone" and can leverage a community. 📚 About the Course: Navigating a career move can feel overwhelming in today’s dynamic job market. The Hunt offers a practical, structured framework to help you make your next job search intentional, effective, and purpose-driven. Whether you’re starting your career, seeking a new direction, or looking to advance, this course equips you with the tools to clarify your goals, sharpen your pitch, and connect authentically with others. Drawing on strategies tested with hundreds of students and professionals, the course emphasizes how to combine self-reflection, networking tactics, and storytelling to land opportunities that align with your values and strengths. By the end, you’ll walk away with a personalized one-page Hunt Dashboard to guide your ongoing career journey. 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-job-hunt 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 5 min
09 Unlock Your Ikigai: The Secret to Purposeful Work | Job Searching with Purpose
In this lesson, we delve into Ikigai, an ancient Japanese concept that helps you find your life's purpose and career calling. Discover how intersecting what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for can lead you to meaningful work. We'll also explore the powerful idea of "moral ambition" to align your career with making a positive impact. 🎯 Learning Objectives • Define Ikigai and its historical context. • Identify the four key components of the Ikigai framework. • Understand how to apply the Ikigai framework to your career search. • Explore the concept of "moral ambition" in aligning career choices with values. 📚 About the Course: Navigating a career move can feel overwhelming in today’s dynamic job market. The Hunt offers a practical, structured framework to help you make your next job search intentional, effective, and purpose-driven. Whether you’re starting your career, seeking a new direction, or looking to advance, this course equips you with the tools to clarify your goals, sharpen your pitch, and connect authentically with others. Drawing on strategies tested with hundreds of students and professionals, the course emphasizes how to combine self-reflection, networking tactics, and storytelling to land opportunities that align with your values and strengths. By the end, you’ll walk away with a personalized one-page Hunt Dashboard to guide your ongoing career journey. 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-job-hunt 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 48 min
7. Cell Communication and Immunology
Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering (BENG 100) Professor Saltzman talks about cell communication, specifically ligand-receptor interactions that are important in maintaining homeostasis in the body. Different types of receptors and ligands, the nature of their interactions and ways to apply this into developing drugs are discussed (eg. Aldopa, Taximofen, beta-blockers). Next, Professor Saltzman talks about kinases, phosphatases, cyclic AMP and the mechanism of switching protein states. Three categories of cell communication signals are introduced: autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine. Finally, an example of cell communication using regulation/response to blood sugar level is presented. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Overview of Cell Communication 07:39 - Chapter 2. Mechanisms of Cell Communication 16:27 - Chapter 3. Agonists and Antagonists 21:31 - Chapter 4. Receptors 28:02 - Chapter 5. Protein Signal Transduction 34:54 - Chapter 6. Autocrines, Paracrines, Endocrines Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2008. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 45 min
2. What Is Biomedical Engineering? (cont.)
Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering (BENG 100) Class begins with discussion of students' answers to the two questions given as assignment in the previous lecture. Professor Saltzman talks about the basic concept of biomedical engineering and two separate aspects of it: gaining better understanding of human physiology and developing ways to improve human health. He then introduces the term homeostasis, and talks about parameters that are involved in controlling this state. Finally, the structure of the phospholipid is discussed and how it constitutes the cell membrane. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Biomedical Engineering Today 08:00 - Chapter 2. Future of Biomedical Engineering 17:21 - Chapter 3. "That's Biomedical Engineering?!" 29:09 - Chapter 4. Basic Concepts in Physiology 38:26 - Chapter 5. Lipids and Conclusion Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2008. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 11 min
11 Master Your Priorities: Align Your Career with Life's 'Big Rocks' | Job Searching with Purpose
Are you struggling to balance career aspirations with life's demands? In this lesson, we dive into clarifying and personalizing your core priorities, often called 'rocks,' to ensure your job search aligns seamlessly with your overall life purpose. Drawing on the timeless 'rocks, pebbles, and sand' analogy, you'll learn how to strategically place your most important life elements first, creating a job hunt that truly reflects what matters most to you. 🎯 Learning Objectives • Identify and clarify your fundamental life priorities ('rocks') and how they connect to your job hunt • Understand the strategic importance of prioritizing your 'big rocks' to achieve career and life alignment • Learn how to name and elaborate on your personal priorities using powerful and resonant language • Develop a concise and adaptable job hunt pitch that aligns with your core life messages 📚 About the Course: Navigating a career move can feel overwhelming in today’s dynamic job market. The Hunt offers a practical, structured framework to help you make your next job search intentional, effective, and purpose-driven. Whether you’re starting your career, seeking a new direction, or looking to advance, this course equips you with the tools to clarify your goals, sharpen your pitch, and connect authentically with others. Drawing on strategies tested with hundreds of students and professionals, the course emphasizes how to combine self-reflection, networking tactics, and storytelling to land opportunities that align with your values and strengths. By the end, you’ll walk away with a personalized one-page Hunt Dashboard to guide your ongoing career journey. 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-job-hunt 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 42 min
18. Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian (cont.)
The American Novel Since 1945 (ENGL 291) In this second lecture on Blood Meridian, Professor Hungerford builds a wide-ranging argument about the status of good and evil in the novel from a small detail, the Bible the protagonist carries with him in spite of his illiteracy. This detail is one of many in the text that continually lure us to see the kid in the light of a traditional hero, superior to his surroundings, developing his responses in a familiar narrative structure of growth. McCarthy's real talent, and his real challenge, Hungerford argues, is in fact to have invoked the moral weight of his sources--biblical, literary, and historical--while emptying them of moral content. Much as the kid holds the Bible an object and not a spiritual guide, McCarthy seizes the material of language--its sound, its cadences--for ambiguous, if ambitious, ends. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Structural Allusions: McCarthy's Formulation of the Hero 15:08 - Chapter 2. Maturation without Morality: Revising the Bildungsroman 24:50 - Chapter 3. Asserting Immortality: McCarthy's Literary Ambitions 33:12 - Chapter 4. The Bible of the Illiterate Kid: Literary Artifacts and Empty Scripture Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2008. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 2 · 47 min
3. Arguments for the existence of the soul, Part I
Death (PHIL 176) The lecture focuses on arguments that might be offered as proof for the existence of the soul. The first series of arguments discussed is those known as "inferences to the best explanation." That is, we posit the existence of things we cannot see so as to explain something else that is generally agreed to take place. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction: The P-Functioning Body 03:02 - Chapter 2. The Mind According to Physicalists and Dualists 12:17 - Chapter 3. Inferencing to the Best Explanation to Prove the Soul's Existence 19:55 - Chapter 4. Can Only the Soul Justify Feature F? 35:07 - Chapter 5. Abilities, Desires, Emotions -- Candidates for Feature F Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu This course was recorded in Spring 2007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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