A History of Ideas

by BBC Radio 4
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of key philosophers and their theories.

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  • Neuropsychologist Paul Broks on Wittgenstein
    Aug 7, 2015 – 12:59
  • Philosopher Clare Carlisle on Reality and Perception
    Aug 6, 2015 – 12:57
  • Physicist Tara Shears on Falsification
    Aug 5, 2015 – 12:42
  • Lawyer Harry Potter on Eyewitness Testimony
    Aug 4, 2015 – 13:10
  • How Can I Know Anything at All?
    Aug 3, 2015 – 13:02
  • Writer Lisa Appignanesi on the Love of Children
    Jul 31, 2015 – 12:55
  • Psychotherapist Mark Vernon on Freud
    Jul 30, 2015 – 12:57
  • Theologian Giles Fraser on Altruism
    Jul 29, 2015 – 12:59
  • Classicist Edith Hall on Aristophanes in Plato
    Jul 28, 2015 – 13:04
  • What Is Love?
    Jul 27, 2015 – 12:52
  • Philosopher Timothy Secret on Ancestor Worship
    Jul 24, 2015 – 13:05
  • Philosopher Angie Hobbs on Plato's Philosopher Kings
    Jul 23, 2015 – 13:18
  • Economist Kate Barker on the Free Market
    Jul 22, 2015 – 12:58
  • Historian Justin Champion on Toleration
    Jul 21, 2015 – 13:14
  • How Should We Live Together?
    Jul 20, 2015 – 12:58
  • Philosopher Barry Smith on Descartes and Consciousness
    Apr 17, 2015 – 12:58
  • Philosopher Jules Evans on Jung and the Mind
    Apr 16, 2015 – 13:09
  • Writer AL Kennedy on Sartre and the Individual
    Apr 15, 2015 – 13:08
  • Paul Broks on John Locke and Personal Identity
    Apr 14, 2015 – 13:07
  • What Does It Mean to Be Me?
    Apr 13, 2015 – 12:52
  • Historian Alice Taylor on Habeas Corpus
    Apr 10, 2015 – 13:10
  • Thomas Hobbes and Civil Disobedience
    Apr 9, 2015 – 13:05
  • Philosopher Angie Hobbs on the Veil of Ignorance
    Apr 8, 2015 – 13:02
  • Barrister Harry Potter on Deterrence
    Apr 7, 2015 – 13:03
  • What Is Justice?
    Apr 6, 2015 – 12:51
  • Ayn Rand and Selfishness
    Apr 3, 2015 – 13:15
  • Naomi Appleton on the Buddha's Four Noble Truths
    Apr 2, 2015 – 12:50
  • Justin Champion on Max Weber and the Protestant Ethic
    Apr 1, 2015 – 13:08
  • Philosopher Jules Evans on Aristotle and Flourishing
    Mar 31, 2015 – 13:17
  • How Do I Live a Good Life?
    Mar 30, 2015 – 12:38
  • Archaeologist Matt Pope on tools and human evolution
    Jan 30, 2015 – 12:36
  • Surgeon Gabriel Weston on medical technology
    Jan 29, 2015 – 12:54
  • Historian Justin Champion on Francis Bacon
    Jan 28, 2015 – 12:26
  • Writer Tom Chatfield: Has technology rewired our brains?
    Jan 27, 2015 – 12:39
  • How Has Technology Changed Us?
    Jan 26, 2015 – 12:43
  • Giles Fraser on Wittgenstein and Blade Runner
    Jan 23, 2015 – 12:47
  • Barry Smith on Noam Chomsky and Human Language
    Jan 22, 2015 – 12:54
  • Catharine Edwards on Seneca and facing death.
    Jan 21, 2015 – 12:44
  • Simon Schaffer on humans, apes and Carl Linnaeus
    Jan 20, 2015 – 13:08
  • What Makes Us Human?
    Jan 19, 2015 – 12:18
  • Historian Justin Champion on William Whiston's Comet Theory
    Jan 16, 2015 – 11:31
  • Theologian Giles Fraser on Thomas Aquinas
    Jan 15, 2015 – 12:04
  • Astronomer Carole Mundell on the Big Bang
    Jan 14, 2015 – 11:48
  • Jessica Frazier on Creation Myths
    Jan 13, 2015 – 11:55
  • How Did Everything Begin?
    Jan 12, 2015 – 11:32
  • Philosopher Angie Hobbs on the Value of Conscience
    Nov 28, 2014 – 12:00
  • Lawyer Harry Potter on Morality and the Law
    Nov 27, 2014 – 12:10
  • Neuro-psychologist Paul Broks on Morality and the Brain
    Nov 26, 2014 – 12:04
  • Theologian Giles Fraser on Moral character
    Nov 25, 2014 – 11:38
  • How Can I Tell Right From Wrong?
    Nov 24, 2014 – 11:55
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