# The Philosophical Breakfast Club

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2012
- Speaker: Laura Snyder
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Computer science, History, Philosophy
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_snyder_the_philosophical_breakfast_club)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In 1812, four men at Cambridge University met for breakfast. What began as an impassioned meal grew into a new scientific revolution, in which these men -- who called themselves “natural philosophers” until they later coined “scientist” -- introduced four major principles into scientific inquiry. Historian and philosopher Laura Snyder tells their intriguing story.

## Lectures

1. [The Philosophical Breakfast Club](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/laura_snyder_the_philosophical_breakfast_club/5f048f0d322f), 13 min (TED's player)