# Jeffrey Kaplan: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-28, Jeffrey Kaplan has 672,000 subscribers, 39,278,419 total views, and 104 videos. It ranks #112,674 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Jeffrey Kaplan](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Jeffrey Kaplan is “Bertrand Russell - Theory of Descriptions”, a long-form video published Jan 19, 2026.
- These are Jeffrey Kaplan’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Aug 20, 2020 and Jan 19, 2026 (44 long-form videos and 4 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 129,577. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Russell's Paradox - a simple explanation of a profound problem” (10,502,651 views, Sep 8, 2022). Least viewed: “Why do philosophers use \*imaginary\* examples and counterexamples?” (17,631 views, Mar 28, 2022).
- Median length: 19:46 for 44 long-form videos; 0:14 for 4 Shorts.
- In this sample, Jeffrey Kaplan’s consecutive uploads were a median of 23 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 205 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 29, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bertrand Russell - Theory of Descriptions](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/3lNHwUhnGBo/) | 2026-01-19 | Long-form | 132,254 | 20:57 | 0.95x |
| [The most important skill college students should learn](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/BbqR_6Qgplw/) | 2025-09-16 | Long-form | 525,118 | 20:55 | 3.78x |
| [The one true philosophical theory of names](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/ya1PrgkOO98/) | 2025-06-26 | Long-form | 170,366 | 25:05 | 1.22x |
| [Advertising doesn't work the way you think it does](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/GFYasDoJ-98/) | 2024-12-03 | Long-form | 241,160 | 26:25 | 1.73x |
| [Saul Kripke's Causal Theory of Names](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/eSS8-i28oho/) | 2024-06-18 | Long-form | 41,889 | 4:42 | - |
| [Naming and Necessity by Saul Kripke - Part 1](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/MncEzRAw3tU/) | 2024-05-09 | Long-form | 136,029 | 22:35 | 0.98x |
| [What are Possible Worlds?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/ry84r_gw8HA/) | 2024-02-29 | Long-form | 73,589 | 8:45 | - |
| ["Proper Names" by John Searle](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/YERizKusm18/) | 2023-11-30 | Long-form | 142,302 | 29:57 | 0.66x |
| [Gottlob Frege - On Sense and Reference](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/sDlFaOn71n8/) | 2023-08-30 | Long-form | 482,480 | 34:06 | 1.42x |
| [The Compositionality of Language explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/ZWP6Sv2_8c8/) | 2023-06-29 | Long-form | 70,112 | 2:43 | - |
| [John Stuart Mill - one minor mistake](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/rxHu9SGYXqM/) | 2023-06-04 | Long-form | 86,147 | 16:20 | 1x |
| [Legal Positivism - the dominant theory in jurisprudence](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/hWsw2Wai9BI/) | 2023-05-04 | Long-form | 290,758 | 18:54 | 0.86x |
| [The Liar Paradox - an explanation of the paradox from 400 BCE](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/in4u2i9v4vg/) | 2023-03-15 | Long-form | 1,152,891 | 14:17 | 2.88x |
| [Euthyphro and Socrates](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/UgHCMRmRst4/) | 2023-01-12 | Short | 53,323 | 0:48 | - |
| [Recommending Descartes’ Meditations](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/FjwQIHkBLF0/) | 2023-01-06 | Short | 55,403 | 0:16 | - |
| [The first 7 philosophy texts you should read](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/5_0Jg1VZxis/) | 2022-12-14 | Long-form | 411,726 | 11:55 | 1.05x |
| [Pleasure is good as an end](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/HeXPAGMcHgY/) | 2022-10-21 | Short | 28,965 | 0:13 | - |
| [Lecture on Friedrich Nietzsche’s ‘Genealogy of Morals’](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/b3SkUGEssRQ/) | 2022-10-20 | Short | 40,171 | 0:12 | - |
| [This philosopher's work explains Twitter Addiction](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/4g6WPFPImcg/) | 2022-10-07 | Long-form | 24,627 | 8:14 | - |
| [Russell's Paradox - a simple explanation of a profound problem](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/ymGt7I4Yn3k/) | 2022-09-08 | Long-form | 10,502,651 | 28:28 | >100x |
| [Semester Ethics Course condensed (Part 2 of 2)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/dpmD6NuM_r0/) | 2022-07-14 | Long-form | 118,430 | 19:15 | 1.38x |
| [Semester Ethics Course condensed into 22mins (Part 1 of 2)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/DLCUn6h7qRo/) | 2022-06-09 | Long-form | 393,316 | 22:58 | 4.59x |
| [Why do philosophers use *imaginary* examples and counterexamples?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/LQaNMxNVCJQ/) | 2022-03-28 | Long-form | 17,631 | 10:59 | - |
| [Rules for Interacting with College Professors - Office Hours, Email, Letters of Recommendation](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/hl_EldPa2NM/) | 2022-03-09 | Long-form | 100,777 | 20:44 | 1.18x |
| [Lecture #11: Taking Notes Effectively - which words should you write down?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/ATmJb3bH2E0/) | 2021-10-15 | Long-form | 913,711 | 18:26 | 10.66x |
| [Lecture #10: How to Memorize Anything - EFFICIENTLY](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/oBUhdwTt7ow/) | 2021-09-09 | Long-form | 1,565,449 | 9:44 | 18.26x |
| [Lecture #9: How to Read so that you *Retain* Information](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/uiNB-6SuqVA/) | 2021-08-17 | Long-form | 3,682,236 | 23:20 | 42.95x |
| [How much of the reading do you have to do in college courses?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/BykXwKFlUDg/) | 2021-08-06 | Long-form | 76,392 | 20:17 | - |
| [Lecture #7 - My Method for Defeating Procrastination](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/i2EEnJedcYU/) | 2021-07-26 | Long-form | 371,587 | 19:13 | 4.33x |
| [Keeping a Calendar in College](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/qo8Ok3Me_sE/) | 2021-07-15 | Long-form | 39,717 | 6:40 | - |
| [How to Read a College Syllabus - And Strategize for How to Best Approach the Course](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/mQ_Xmc_Urxw/) | 2021-07-06 | Long-form | 67,751 | 13:30 | - |
| [Secret to College Success #4: Actually Learn](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/vLgV5BvjpPI/) | 2021-06-25 | Long-form | 65,720 | 9:43 | - |
| [How to Make College Courses Easy and How *Not* to Practice "Self-Care"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/fvvX8LgNJJs/) | 2021-06-22 | Long-form | 80,587 | 16:33 | - |
| [To Do Well In College: Don't Work Hard, Work Efficiently](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/UY17uW7Kmqc/) | 2021-06-15 | Long-form | 207,316 | 15:39 | 2.42x |
| [Student Loans are Great, But Only if Used Correctly](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/dcjxdcPHwoM/) | 2021-06-04 | Long-form | 124,888 | 23:40 | 1.46x |
| [The Details of Brown v Board of Ed - - US Supreme Court](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/T3nCIq8QjtU/) | 2021-01-05 | Long-form | 29,569 | 17:23 | - |
| [What is Philosophy? - First Lecture of the Semester](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/wwT4N_v0-WQ/) | 2020-12-09 | Long-form | 376,612 | 29:27 | 4.39x |
| [Guide for Writing a Philosophy Paper](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/nKdl_VmKNmk/) | 2020-11-17 | Long-form | 106,874 | 23:15 | 1.25x |
| [How to Read Philosophy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/XlcrKfaJBRM/) | 2020-11-13 | Long-form | 268,579 | 18:17 | 3.13x |
| [The Zombie Argument (from David Chalmers)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/VLzmYjviDsk/) | 2020-09-10 | Long-form | 137,695 | 18:27 | 1.61x |
| [The Hard Problem of Consciousness](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/7KWFhW0klf4/) | 2020-09-09 | Long-form | 159,235 | 24:54 | 1.86x |
| [Frank Jackson's famous 'Mary's Room' Thought Experiment](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/QhTRbXpfKw8/) | 2020-09-04 | Long-form | 309,942 | 21:11 | 3.62x |
| [What is it Like to be a Bat? - the hard problem of consciousness](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/aaZbCctlll4/) | 2020-09-04 | Long-form | 629,018 | 30:55 | 7.34x |
| [Does your RED look the same as my RED?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/UuSv1UbNCGs/) | 2020-09-03 | Long-form | 125,880 | 26:32 | 1.47x |
| [The famous Chinese Room thought experiment - John Searle (1980)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/tBE06SdgzwM/) | 2020-09-01 | Long-form | 521,499 | 28:15 | 6.08x |
| [Functionalism](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/rd8sITBnijg/) | 2020-08-28 | Long-form | 114,001 | 29:25 | 1.33x |
| [The Mind-Brain Identity Theory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/zO0slzSuxpI/) | 2020-08-21 | Long-form | 126,899 | 33:52 | 1.48x |
| [Hilary Putnam's Super-Spartans attack on Behaviorism](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@profjeffreykaplan/videos/lRI95Vdc5CU/) | 2020-08-20 | Long-form | 61,305 | 16:37 | - |

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