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In Our Time: Philosophy

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

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Epicureanism

Epicureanism

Angie Hobbs, David Sedley and James Warren join Melvyn Bragg to discuss Epicureanism, the system of philosophy based on ... Read more

7 Feb 2013

42mins

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Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, work and legacy of Ludwig Wittgenstein. There is little doubt that he was a to... Read more

4 Dec 2003

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Marx

Marx

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Karl Marx. "Workers of the World Unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains", "Reli... Read more

14 Jul 2005

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Democracy

Democracy

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins of democracy. In the Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln called it “Governmen... Read more

18 Oct 2001

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Consciousness

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Utopia

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7 Oct 1999

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Originality

Originality

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the creative force of originality. How far is it to do with origins, how far with the co... Read more

20 Mar 2003

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Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the influential British philosopher Bertrand Russell. Born in 1872 into an aristocra... Read more

6 Dec 2012

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The Individual

The Individual

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the concept of the individual. The Renaissance gave birth to the concept ... Read more

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The Ontological Argument

The Ontological Argument

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ontological Argument. In the eleventh century St Anselm of Canterbury proposed t... Read more

27 Sep 2012

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Pascal

Pascal

Melvyn Bragg and his guests begin a new series of the programme with a discussion of the French polymath Blaise Pascal. ... Read more

19 Sep 2013

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Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality

Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nietzsche's On The Genealogy of Morality - A Polemic, which he published in 1887 towards... Read more

12 Jan 2017

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Beauty

Beauty

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss beauty and its qualities."Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all Ye know on earth,... Read more

19 May 2005

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Mill

Mill

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great nineteenth century political philosopher John Stuart Mill. He believed that, '... Read more

18 May 2006

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Kant's Categorical Imperative

Kant's Categorical Imperative

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how, in the Enlightenment, Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) sought to define the difference bet... Read more

21 Sep 2017

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Good and Evil

Good and Evil

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss whether religion can still be seen as a way of interpreting and judging good and evil in... Read more

1 Apr 1999

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Just War

Just War

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea of a just war. There were theories about a justified or noble war before the bi... Read more

3 Jun 1999

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Anarchism

Anarchism

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Anarchism and why its political ideas became synonymous with chaos and disorder. Pierre ... Read more

7 Dec 2006

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Jung

Jung

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the extraordinary mind of the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung. In 1907 Sigmund Freud met a... Read more

2 Dec 2004

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Hobbes

Hobbes

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 17th century political philosopher Thomas Hobbes who argued: "During the time ... Read more

1 Dec 2005

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