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Philosophy Podcast

From Altruism to Wittgenstein, philosophers, theories and key themes.

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    Bertrand Russell

    Thu 6 Dec 2012

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss influential British philosopher Bertrand Russell.

  • Simone Weil

    Thu 15 Nov 2012

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the French philosopher and social activist Simone Weil.

  • The Ontological Argument

    Thu 27 Sep 2012

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ontological Argument for the existence of God.

  • Scepticism

    Thu 5 Jul 2012

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of philosophical scepticism.

  • Al-Kindi

    Thu 28 Jun 2012

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Arab philosopher Al-Kindi.

  • Neoplatonism

    Thu 19 Apr 2012

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient philosophical school of Neoplatonism.

  • Moses Mendelssohn

    Thu 22 Mar 2012

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn.

  • Heraclitus

    Thu 8 Dec 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus.

  • The Continental-Analytic Split

    Thu 10 Nov 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Continental and Analytic philosophical traditions.

  • David Hume

    Thu 6 Oct 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the Scottish philosopher David Hume.

  • Malthusianism

    Thu 23 Jun 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Malthusianism.

  • Cogito Ergo Sum

    Thu 28 Apr 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Rene Descartes' famous statement.

  • Free Will

    Thu 10 Mar 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss free will.

  • Maimonides

    Thu 17 Feb 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval Jewish scholar Maimonides.

  • Aristotle's Poetics

    Thu 27 Jan 2011

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle's Poetics.

  • Daoism

    Thu 16 Dec 2010

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Daoism, the ancient Chinese philosophy and religion.

  • Logic

    Thu 21 Oct 2010

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of logic.

  • Edmund Burke

    Thu 3 Jun 2010

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher, politician and writer Edmund Burke.

  • William James's 'The Varieties of Religious Experience'

    Thu 13 May 2010

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James.

  • William Hazlitt

    Thu 8 Apr 2010

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of the essayist William Hazlitt.

  • Ibn Khaldun

    Thu 4 Feb 2010

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 14th-century Arab philosopher of history Ibn Khaldun.

  • The Frankfurt School

    Thu 14 Jan 2010

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and influence of the Frankfurt School.

  • Mary Wollstonecraft

    Thu 31 Dec 2009

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft.

  • Pythagoras

    Thu 10 Dec 2009

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans.

  • Schopenhauer

    Thu 29 Oct 2009

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.

  • St Thomas Aquinas

    Thu 17 Sep 2009

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Thomas Aquinas.

  • Logical Positivism

    Thu 2 Jul 2009

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the radical philosophy of the Vienna Circle.

  • Baconian Science

    Thu 2 Apr 2009

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Jacobean thinker Francis Bacon and Baconian Science.

  • The School of Athens

    Thu 26 Mar 2009

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Raphael's depiction of Plato and Aristotle.

  • Thoreau and the American Idyll

    Thu 15 Jan 2009

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau.

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