In Our Time Archive: Philosophy
By BBC Radio 4
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Podcast Description
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of philosophy - from ancient Greek thinkers to the major questions that preoccupy philosophers today.
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IOTP: Malthusianism | Melvyn Bragg discusses the ideas of Thomas Malthus, the Victorian clergyman whose work, 'An Essay on the Principle of Population', forecast that soon the population would outstrip food supply. His philosophy regarding population became known as... | 6/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Cogito Ergo Sum | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss one of the most famous statements in philosophy: "Cogito ergo sum" or "I think therefore I am". With Susan James, John Cottingham and Stephen Mulhall.... | 4/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Free Will | Do we have the freedom to control our actions? Melvyn Bragg discusses free will with Simon Blackburn, Helen Beebee and Galen Strawson.... | 3/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Aristotle's Poetics | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the seminal work of literary criticism by Aristotle, his 'Poetics'. Full of advice about how to write and appreciate tragedy and epic poetry, the book had a huge influence on French renaissance drama and beyond. Melvyn... | 1/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Daoism | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient religion and philosophy, Daoism. Said to date from the 6th century BC when a wise man called Laozi wrote the 'Scripture of the Way and its Power', the 'Daodejing'; Daoism plays a significant role in Chinese... | 12/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Edmund Burke | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher, politician and writer Edmund Burke. With guests Karen O’Brien, Richard Bourke and John Keane.... | 6/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: William Hazlitt | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of the essayist William Hazlitt. With Jonathan Bate, Anthony Grayling and Uttara Natarajan.... | 4/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Ibn Khaldun | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 14th-century Arab philosopher of history Ibn Khaldun. With Hugh Kennedy, Robert Irwin and Robert Hoyland.... | 2/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: The Frankfurt School | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and influence of the Frankfurt School. Guests include Jonathon Rée, Esther Leslie and Raymond Geuss.... | 1/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Mary Wollstonecraft | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft. With John Mullan, Barbara Taylor and Karen O’Brien.... | 12/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Schopenhauer | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer. Guests include A.C. Grayling, Béatrice Han-Pile and Chris Janaway.... | 10/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: The School of Athens | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Raphael's depiction of Plato and Aristotle. With Angie Hobbs, Jill Kraye and Valery Rees.... | 3/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Thoreau and the American Idyll | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau. With Kathy Burk, Stephen Fender and Tim Morris.... | 1/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: The Consolation of Philosophy | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the consolation of Philosophy. Guests include AC Grayling, Roger Scruton and Melissa Lane.... | 1/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Aristotle’s Politics | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle’s ‘Politics’. With Annabel Brett, Angie Hobbs and Paul Cartledge.... | 11/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: The Translation Movement | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss classical Greek ideas in the Arabic and the Islamic world. Guests include Peter Adamson, Amira Bennison and Peter Pormann.... | 10/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Materialism | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Materialism in Philosophy. With AC Grayling, Anthony O’Hear and Caroline Warman.... | 4/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Kierkegaard | Melvyn Bragg examines the rich and radical ideas of the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. With guests Jonathan Ree, Clare Carlisle and John Lippitt.... | 3/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: The Social Contract | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Social Contract; a key idea in political philosophy. Guests include Susan James, Karen O’Brien and Melissa Lane.... | 2/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Avicenna | Melvyn Bragg discusses the Persian Islamic philosopher Avicenna. With Peter Adamson, Nader El-Bizri and Amira Bennison.... | 11/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Guilt | Melvyn Bragg and guests take a long hard look at the idea of guilt. Guests include Miranda Fricker, Stephen Mulhall and Oliver Davies.... | 11/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Socrates | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the iconic Greek philosopher, Socrates. With Angie Hobbs, David Sedley and Paul Millett.... | 9/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Common Sense Philosophy | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss common sense philosophy. Guests include Alexander Broadie, A.C Grayling and Melissa Lane.... | 6/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Spinoza | Melvyn Bragg discusses the Dutch, Jewish and Christian Philosopher, Baruch Spinoza. With Jonathan Ree, John Cottingham and Sarah Hutton.... | 5/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Popper | Melvyn Bragg discusses the Anglo-Austrian philosopher Karl Popper. With guests John Worrall, Anthony O’Hear and Nancy Cartwright.... | 2/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Anarchism | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political creed of Anarchism. With Peter Marshall, John Keane and Ruth Kinna.... | 12/7/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Altruism | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss philosophical and evolutionary arguments over altruism. Guests include Richard Dawkins, Miranda Fricker and John Dupre.... | 11/23/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Averroes | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 12th century Islamic philosopher, Averroes. Guests include Peter Adamson, Anthony Kenny and Amira Bennison.... | 10/5/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Mill | The life and ideas of the 19th century political philosopher John Stuart Mill. With guests A C Grayling, Alan Ryan and Janet Radcliffe Richards.... | 5/18/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Friendship | Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of friendship; ‘a single soul dwelling in two bodies’. With guests Angie Hobbs, Mark Vernon and John Mullan.... | 3/2/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: The Oath | Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the importance of the oath in the Classical World. Guests include Alan Sommerstein, Paul Cartledge and Mary Beard.... | 1/5/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Hobbes | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes. Guests include Quentin Skinner, David Wootton and Annabel Brett.... | 12/1/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Pragmatism | Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the American philosophy of pragmatism. Guests include AC Grayling, Julian Baggini and Miranda Fricker.... | 11/17/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Cynicism | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Cynics, the performance artists of philosophy. Guests include Angie Hobbs, Miriam Griffin and John Moles.... | 10/20/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Marx | The life and ideas of Karl Marx who changed the world with his Communist Manifesto. With Gareth Stedman-Jones, Francis Wheen and AC Grayling.... | 7/14/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Beauty | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the qualities of beauty and the history of aesthetics. Guests include Angie Hobbes, Sue James and Julian Baggini.... | 5/19/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Stoicism | Melvyn Bragg explores Stoicism, the most influential philosophy in the Ancient World. With Jonathan Ree, Angie Hobbs and David Sedley.... | 3/4/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Jung | The extraordinary mind and theories of the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung. With Brett Kahr, Andrew Samuels and Ronald Hayman.... | 12/2/04 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Rhetoric | Melvyn Bragg and guests discusses rhetoric; supported by Aristotle but reviled by Plato. Guests include Angie Hobbs, Ceri Sullivan and Tom Healy.... | 10/14/04 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: The Han Synthesis | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Han Synthesis philosophies of China. Guests include Chris Cullen, Carol Michaelson and Roel Sterckx.... | 10/14/04 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Empiricism | Melvyn Bragg examines the 17th century idea that all knowledge arises from experience. With guests Murray Pittock, Jonathan Ree and Judith Hawley.... | 6/10/04 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Heroism | Melvyn Bragg explores what defines a hero, and their place in classical society. With Paul Cartledge, AC Grayling and Angie Hobbs.... | 5/6/04 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Wittgenstein | The life, work and legacy of the 20th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. With Ray Monk, Marie McGinn and Barry Smith.... | 12/4/03 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Duty | Melvyn Bragg examines duty, a concept that has excited philosophers through history. With guests AC Grayling, Angie Hobbs and Annabel Brett.... | 11/13/03 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: The Art of War | The history and philosophy of warfare throughout the ages. With guests Michael Howard, Angie Hobbs and Jeremy Black.... | 6/12/03 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Freedom | Melvyn Bragg considers what it is to be free and how freedom became such a powerful value. With John Keane, Annabel Brett and Bernhard Williams.... | 7/4/02 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: The Examined Life | Melvyn Bragg investigates how our preoccupations about how to live have altered over time. Including guests AC Grayling, Janet Radcliffe Richards and Julian Baggini.... | 5/9/02 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Virtue | Melvyn Bragg explores the meaning and purpose of the philosophical concept of virtue. With guests Galen Strawson, Miranda Fricker and Roger Crisp.... | 2/28/02 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Happiness | Melvyn Bragg considers whether 'happiness' means living a life of pleasure or of virtue. With Simon Blackburn, Angie Hobbs and AC Grayling.... | 1/24/02 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Confucius | Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the chinese philosophy of Confucianism. Guests include Tao Tao Liu, Frances Wood and Tim Barrett.... | 11/1/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Evil | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the notion of evil in western philosophy. With Jones Erwin, Stephen Mulhall and Margaret Atkins.... | 5/3/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: The Philosophy of Love | Melvyn Bragg examines the western understanding of the Philosophy of Love since Plato. With Roger Scruton, Angie Hobbes and Thomas Docherty .... | 3/29/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Humanism | The history and legacy of classical Humanism, invented by Cicero. With Simon Goldhill, Tony Davies and Lisa Jardine.... | 2/8/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Nihilism | The history of the philosophy that claims that truths are illusory. Including guests Rob Hopkins, Raymond Tallis and Catherine Belsey.... | 11/16/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Economic Rights | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between democracy and capitalism. With Amartya Sen and Will Hutton.... | 1/27/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Consciousness | Melvyn Bragg examines why ideas about consciousness preoccupy philosophers and scientists. With Ted Hondrich and Roger Penrose.... | 11/25/99 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Progress | Melvyn Bragg examines whether mankind has made as much moral as material progress. With Adam Phillips and Anthony O’Hear.... | 11/18/99 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: The Individual | Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of the individual from the Renaissance to today. With Richard Wollheim and Jonathan Dollimore.... | 10/21/99 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Utopia | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why we are as enthralled as ever by the idea of a Utopia. With John Carey and A.C. Grayling.... | 10/7/99 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Just War | Melvyn Bragg looks at where the idea of a just war originated and asks if it can still exist. With John Keane and Niall Ferguson.... | 6/3/99 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Good and Evil | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how we judge good and evil in modern western civilisation. With Leszek Kolakowski and Galen Strawson.... | 4/1/99 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IOTP: Cultural Rights in the 20th Century | Melvyn Bragg examines what impact globalisation has had on human rights, with Homi Bhabha and John Grey.... | 12/10/98 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 62 Episodes |
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