Seasons & Episodes
Plato
The dialogues of Plato are analyzed in this program by Cambridge philosophy professor Miles Burnyeat. Seeing Plato's ide
Aristotle
In this program, the far-reaching philosophical ideas of Plato's star pupil are examined by noted Brown University profe
Medieval Philosophy
This program examines the ideas of the medieval philosophic theologians, particularly St. Thomas Aquinas. Oxford medieva
Descartes
I think, therefore I am. Rationalist philosopher and mathematician René Decartes, considered the father of modern philo
Spinoza and Leibniz
The ideas of rationalist philosophers Baruch Spinoza and Gottfried Leibniz are examined in this program by philosophy An
Locke and Berkeley
This program examines the philosophies of British empiricists John Locke and George Berkeley. Philosopher Michael Ayers
Hume
The leading philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment, David Hume, is the subject of this program. In it, expert John Pa
Kant
Contemporary philosopher Geoffrey Warnock discusses the philosophy of anti-empiricist Immanuel Kant, and his view that a
Hegel and Marx
In this program, contemporary philosopher Peter Singer discusses rational Hegelian philosophy, and the historicism and o
Schopenhauer
This program examines the systematic, philosophical pessimism of Arthur Schopenhauer and its emphasis on infraconsciousn
Nietzsche
Vehement repudiation of Christian and liberal ethics; the detestation of democratic ideals; the celebration of the "supe
Husserl, Heidegger and Modern Existentialism
In contrast to empiricist and rationalist traditions, existentialism proposes and orderless world, vaguely hostile, wher
The American pragmatists
C.S. Peirce, William James, John Dewey In this program, Columbia University professor Sidney Morgenbesser discusses the
Frege, Russell and Modern Logic
Bryan Magee talks to A.J. Ayer about Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell; specifically about their published works and th
Wittgenstein
Bryan Magee talks to John Searle about the legacy of Ludwig Wittgenstein; ranging from his early work, the Tractatus, to
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