Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Aristotelianism

Aristotelianism ( ARR-i-stə-TEE-lee-ə-niz-əm) is a philosophical tradition inspired by the work of Aristotle, usually characterized by deductive logic and an analytic inductive method in the study of natural philosophy and metaphysics. It covers the treatment of the social sciences under a system of natural law.

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  1. Common Sense Philosophy

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 18th century common sense philosophy which involves the most profound questions about human knowledge we are capable of asking.

    21 June 2007

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    Featuring: A. C. Grayling, Melissa Lane, Alexander Broadie

     
  2. Virtue

    Melvyn Bragg discusses a history of the concept of virtue from the ancient Greeks to modern ideas, and examines why we need it and what ideals of behaviour provide a universal framework for it.

    28 February 2002

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    Featuring: Galen Strawson, Miranda Fricker, Roger Crisp