Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Positivism is an empiricist philosophical theory that holds that all genuine knowledge is either true by definition or positive—meaning a posteriori facts derived by reason and logic from sensory experience. Other ways of knowing, such as theology, metaphysics, intuition, or introspection, are rejected or considered meaningless.

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  1. Chekhov

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the great Russian writer Anton Chekhov.

    14 March 2013

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    Featuring: Catriona Kelly, Cynthia Marsh, Rosamund Bartlett

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  2. Harriet Martineau

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Harriet Martineau who wrote extensively in the C19th on a wide range of subjects including abolition, and is called the mother of sociology.

    8 December 2016

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    Featuring: Valerie Sanders, Karen O'Brien, Ella Dzelzainis

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