This comprehensive series from the archives of the BBC features Bryan Magee—world-renowned author, professor, expert in the history of ideas, and creator of this series—who discusses the main developments in Western philosophy from the 19th century to the present with fifteen distinguished thinkers. Those interviewed include Willard Van Orman Quine, A. J. Ayer, Iris Murdoch, Ernest Gellner, Noam Chomsky, and the late Herbert Marcuse. Each program reinforces the relevance of philosophy to a broad range of subject areas, including language, morality, science, politics, literature, economics, and sociology. Original BBC broadcast series title: Men of Ideas. 15-part series, 40-49 minutes each.
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