Crash Course Philosophy: study plan and how long it takes
The CrashCourse playlist is 47 videos and 7.4 hours long. Here's how long it takes at different paces, a week-by-week schedule built from the real videos, and a planner that turns it into your own daily plan.
47 videos · 7.4 hours · CrashCourse
Crash Course Philosophy, hosted by Hank Green, covers logic and arguments, epistemology and skepticism, philosophy of religion, personal identity, free will and compatibilism, aesthetics, ethics from Kant to utilitarianism, justice, and questions of life and death.
Each episode is around 10 minutes and ends with a thought experiment.
Who it's for: Students taking an intro philosophy course, and anyone curious about the big questions.
How long does it take?
The full playlist is 7.4 hours across 47 videos. Here's roughly how many days that is at different daily watch times and speeds, counting video time only:
| Daily time | At 1x | At 1.5x | At 2x |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 min a day | 15 days | 10 days | 8 days |
| 1 h a day | 8 days | 5 days | 4 days |
| 2 h a day | 4 days | 3 days | 2 days |
Make your own schedule
The playlist link is already filled in. Press Plan, set how much time you have each day and your speed, and you'll get a day-by-day schedule with a finish date and a calendar file. It reads the live playlist, so new videos are included.
Week-by-week schedule
A sample plan at 30 minutes a day and normal speed, using whole videos so none is split across days. That's 3 weeks in total. For a different pace, start date or speed, use the planner above.
Week 1Videos 1–20 · 3h 5m
Day 1 · 23m
- 1Crash Course Philosophy Preview2m
- 2What is Philosophy?: Crash Course Philosophy #111m
- 3How to Argue - Philosophical Reasoning: Crash Course Philosophy #210m
Day 2 · 29m
- 4How to Argue - Induction & Abduction: Crash Course Philosophy #310m
- 5Leonardo DiCaprio & The Nature of Reality: Crash Course Philosophy #49m
- 6Cartesian Skepticism - Neo, Meet Rene: Crash Course Philosophy #510m
Day 3 · 29m
- 7Locke, Berkeley, & Empiricism: Crash Course Philosophy #610m
- 8The Meaning of Knowledge: Crash Course Philosophy #710m
- 9Karl Popper, Science, & Pseudoscience: Crash Course Philosophy #89m
Day 4 · 29m
- 10Anselm & the Argument for God: Crash Course Philosophy #99m
- 11Aquinas & the Cosmological Arguments: Crash Course Philosophy #1010m
- 12Intelligent Design: Crash Course Philosophy #1110m
Day 5 · 21m
- 13What Is God Like?: Crash Course Philosophy #1211m
- 14The Problem of Evil: Crash Course Philosophy #1310m
Day 6 · 28m
- 15Anti-Vaxxers, Conspiracy Theories, & Epistemic Responsibility: Crash Course Philosophy #1410m
- 16Indiana Jones & Pascal's Wager: Crash Course Philosophy #159m
- 17Existentialism: Crash Course Philosophy #169m
Day 7 · 27m
- 18Perspectives on Death: Crash Course Philosophy #179m
- 19Batman & Identity: Crash Course Philosophy #189m
- 20Personal Identity: Crash Course Philosophy #199m
Week 2Videos 21–41 · 3h 23m
Day 8 · 28m
- 21Arguments Against Personal Identity: Crash Course Philosophy #2010m
- 22Personhood: Crash Course Philosophy #219m
- 23Where Does Your Mind Reside?: Crash Course Philosophy #229m
Day 9 · 29m
- 24Artificial Intelligence & Personhood: Crash Course Philosophy #239m
- 25Determinism vs Free Will: Crash Course Philosophy #2410m
- 26Compatibilism: Crash Course Philosophy #259m
Day 10 · 29m
- 27Language & Meaning: Crash Course Philosophy #2610m
- 28Netflix & Chill: Crash Course Philosophy #279m
- 29How Words Can Harm: Crash Course Philosophy #2811m
Day 11 · 29m
- 30Nonexistent Objects & Imaginary Worlds: Crash Course Philosophy #299m
- 31Aesthetic Appreciation: Crash Course Philosophy #309m
- 32Aesthetics: Crash Course Philosophy #3111m
Day 12 · 28m
- 33Metaethics: Crash Course Philosophy #3210m
- 34Divine Command Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #339m
- 35Natural Law Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #3410m
Day 13 · 30m
- 36Kant & Categorical Imperatives: Crash Course Philosophy #3510m
- 37Utilitarianism: Crash Course Philosophy #3610m
- 38Contractarianism: Crash Course Philosophy #3710m
Day 14 · 29m
- 39Aristotle & Virtue Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #389m
- 40Moral Luck: Crash Course Philosophy #3910m
- 41What Is Justice?: Crash Course Philosophy #4010m
Week 3Videos 42–47 · 56m
Day 15 · 28m
- 42Discrimination: Crash Course Philosophy #419m
- 43Non-Human Animals: Crash Course Philosophy #4210m
- 44Family Obligations: Crash Course Philosophy #439m
Day 16 · 28m
- 45Poverty & Our Response to It: Crash Course Philosophy #449m
- 46Assisted Death & the Value of Life: Crash Course Philosophy #4510m
- 47What Is a Good Life?: Crash Course Philosophy #469m
Tips for finishing
- Pause on each thought experiment and decide your answer before the discussion.
- Two episodes a day gets you through in about three weeks.