Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Alexander Broadie

Professor of Logic and Rhetoric at the University of Glasgow

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2 episodes

Covers topics in categories such as:

PhilosophyAge of EnlightenmentConcepts in epistemologyPhilosophical schools and traditionsScientific RevolutionRhetoricGerman philosophyAristotelianismHistory of the United Kingdom by period18th century in ScotlandEnlightenment philosophy

  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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    Also featuring: A. C. Grayling, Melissa Lane

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    PhilosophyConcepts in epistemologyRhetoricGerman philosophyAristotelianism

  2. The Enlightenment in Scotland

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the emergence and impact of the Scottish Enlightenment which was led by the philosopher David Hume and the father of modern economics, Adam Smith.

    5 December 2002

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    Also featuring: Tom Devine, Karen O'Brien

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    PhilosophyAge of EnlightenmentPhilosophical schools and traditionsScientific RevolutionHistory of the United Kingdom by period18th century in ScotlandEnlightenment philosophy