A History of Ideas

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A History of Ideas

Neuropsychologist Paul Broks on Wittgenstein

Paul Broks looks at the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the problem of "other minds". How do...

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Philosopher Clare Carlisle on Reality and Perception

If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound? That's the...

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Physicist Tara Shears on Falsification

Science is based on fact, right? Cold, unchanging, unarguable facts. Perhaps not, says physicist...

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Lawyer Harry Potter on Eyewitness Testimony

Barrister Harry Potter asks whether we can believe the evidence of our own eyes. It's a vital...

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How Can I Know Anything at All?

A history of ideas. Presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices. Each week Melvyn is...

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Writer Lisa Appignanesi on the Love of Children

How should we love our children? Can we build on the feelings we experience when we see them for...

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Psychotherapist Mark Vernon on Freud

What is love? Psychotherapist Mark Vernon looks at Freud's ideas on the Greek god Eros, which he...

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Theologian Giles Fraser on Altruism

Giles Fraser discusses gene theory versus altruism with playwright Tom Stoppard whose play The...

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Classicist Edith Hall on Aristophanes in Plato

In 416BC the Greek playwright Aristophanes went to a drinking party. The guests included many...

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What Is Love?

A history of ideas. Presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices. Each week Melvyn is...

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Philosopher Timothy Secret on Ancestor Worship

If we're to live well together we must first learn to live well with the dead, says Timothy...

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Philosopher Angie Hobbs on Plato's Philosopher Kings

Professor Angie Hobbs asks if the key to harmonious living could be found in Plato's Republic...

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Economist Kate Barker on the Free Market

Is a Free Market the vital foundation of a fair, dynamic and creative society? The father of...

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Historian Justin Champion on Toleration

Professor Justin Champion examines Locke's theory of Toleration through the inhabitants of...

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How Should We Live Together?

A history of ideas. Presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices. Each week Melvyn is...

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Philosopher Barry Smith on Descartes and Consciousness

Rene Descartes, one of the most influential philosophers ever, thought the mind was like an open...

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Philosopher Jules Evans on Jung and the Mind

Philosopher Jules Evans explores Jung and the shadow inside all of us. With archive contributions...

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Writer AL Kennedy on Sartre and the Individual

Writer AL Kennedy on Existentialist ideas about the individual. Jean Paul Sartre argued that, for...

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Paul Broks on John Locke and Personal Identity

Neuropsychologist Paul Broks asks how we can be sure we're the same person as we were yesterday....

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What Does It Mean to Be Me?

A new history of ideas presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices. Each week Melvyn is...

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