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Philosophy Podcast

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

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    Godel's Incompleteness Theorems

    Thu 9 Oct 2008

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematician Kurt Godel and his work.

  • The Translation Movement

    Thu 2 Oct 2008

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss classical Greek ideas in the Arabic and the Islamic world.

  • Miracles

    Thu 25 Sep 2008

    Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history of miracles.

  • Materialism

    Thu 24 Apr 2008

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Materialism in Philosophy.

  • Kierkegaard

    Thu 20 Mar 2008

    Melvyn Bragg examines the rich and radical ideas of the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.

  • The Social Contract

    Thu 7 Feb 2008

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Social Contract; a key idea in political philosophy.

  • Camus

    Thu 3 Jan 2008

    The life ad work of the Algerian-French writer and philosopher, Albert Camus.

  • Avicenna

    Thu 8 Nov 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the Persian Islamic philosopher Avicenna.

  • Guilt

    Thu 1 Nov 2007

    Melvyn Bragg and guests take a long hard look at the idea of guilt.

  • Socrates

    Thu 27 Sep 2007

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the iconic Greek philosopher, Socrates.

  • Common Sense Philosophy

    Thu 21 Jun 2007

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss common sense philosophy.

  • Ockham's Razor

    Thu 31 May 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the ideas of William Ockham including Ockham's Razor.

  • Spinoza

    Thu 3 May 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the Dutch, Jewish and Christian Philosopher, Baruch Spinoza.

  • Popper

    Thu 8 Feb 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the Anglo-Austrian philosopher Karl Popper.

  • Anarchism

    Thu 7 Dec 2006

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political creed of Anarchism.

  • Altruism

    Thu 23 Nov 2006

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss philosophical and evolutionary arguments over altruism.

  • Averroes

    Thu 5 Oct 2006

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 12th century Islamic philosopher, Averroes.

  • Mill

    Thu 18 May 2006

    The life and ideas of the 19th century political philosopher John Stuart Mill.

  • Friendship

    Thu 2 Mar 2006

    Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of friendship; 鈥榓 single soul dwelling in two bodies鈥�.

  • Relativism

    Thu 19 Jan 2006

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss relativism; a philosophy with no absolute truths.

  • The Oath

    Thu 5 Jan 2006

    Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the importance of the oath in the Classical World.

  • Hobbes

    Thu 1 Dec 2005

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.

  • Pragmatism

    Thu 17 Nov 2005

    Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the American philosophy of pragmatism.

  • Cynicism

    Thu 20 Oct 2005

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Cynics, the performance artists of philosophy.

  • Marx

    Thu 14 Jul 2005

    The life and ideas of Karl Marx who changed the world with his Communist Manifesto.

  • Beauty

    Thu 19 May 2005

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the qualities of beauty and the history of aesthetics.

  • Abelard and Heloise

    Thu 5 May 2005

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval tale of Abelard and Heloise.

  • Stoicism

    Thu 3 Mar 2005

    Melvyn Bragg explore Stoicism, the most influential philosophy in the Ancient World.

  • The Mind/Body Problem

    Thu 13 Jan 2005

    Melvyn Bragg examines the history of thought about the mind/body problem in philosophy.

  • Machiavelli and the Italian City States

    Thu 9 Dec 2004

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli.

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