The Great PhilosophersSeries 1Episodes Episode guide

Back up to: The Great Philosophers

1. Wittgenstein

   15/15Bryan Magee and Prof John Searle discuss the work of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.
2. Frege, Russell and Modern Logic

   14/15Bryan Magee and AJ Ayer discuss the work of Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell.
3. The American Pragmatists

   13/15Bryan Magee and Sidney Morgenbesser discuss the work of the American pragmatists.
4. Husserl, Heidegger and Modern Existentialism

   12/15Bryan Magee and Hubert Dreyfus discuss the work of modern existentialist philosophers.
5. Nietzsche

   11/15Bryan Magee and Prof JP Stern discuss the work of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
6. Schopenhauer

   10/15Bryan Magee and Prof Frederick Copleston look at the work of Arthur Schopenhauer.
7. Hegel and Marx

   9/15Bryan Magee discusses the German philosophers Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx.
8. Kant

   8/15Bryan Magee and Sir Geoffrey Warnock discuss the work of German philosopher Immanuel Kant.
9. Hume

   7/15Bryan Magee and Prof John Passmore discuss Scottish philosopher David Hume.
10. Locke and Berkley

    6/15Bryan Magee discusses the work of philosophers John Locke and George Berkeley.
11. Spinoza and Leibniz

    5/15Bryan Magee and his guest Anthony Quinton discuss the philosophers Spinoza and Leibniz.
12. Descartes

    4/15Bryan Magee and Bernard Williams discuss the work of French philosopher René Descartes.
13. Medieval Philosophy

    3/15Bryan Magee and guest Anthony Kenny discuss the work of the medieval philosophers.
14. Aristotle

    2/15Martha Nussbaum presents a programme about Aristotle, Plato's star pupil.
15. Plato

    1/15A look at Plato, the first western philosopher whose written works have survived.