The Floating University / Coursera / Big History

The lectures from this Big Think-related website are longer-about an hour each. These I think are relevant to our topic of negotiating meaning. They are meant as general introduction to the various files of study, but contain some very interesting and quite specific information as well. // Coursera is another site with full online courses. // The Big History Project is a History of the Universe course-very interesting, clearly secular yet respectful of religious belief as well.

1. 1Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain - Steven PinkerEnglish
2. 2The Psychology of Everything - Paul BloomEnglish
3. 3The Sociological Science Behind Social Networks and Social Influence - Nicholas ChristakisEnglish
4. 4The Uniqueness of Humans - Robert SapolskyEnglish
5. 5CourseraEnglish
6. 6The Big History ProjectEnglish
7. 7SlideShareEnglish
8. 8Robert Sapolsky: Are Humans Just Another Primate?English
9. 9Center for Academic Research and Training in AnthropogenyEnglish
10. 1015 minute historyEnglish
11. 11Justice with Michael SandelEnglish