Denis McManus
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
PhilosophySocial philosophersPhilosophers of literaturePhilosophers of mindWriters about activism and social changePhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of scienceEnlightenment philosophersAge of EnlightenmentPhilosophers of education18th-century philosophersPhilosophers of economicsFrench political philosophersConcepts in aestheticsCatholic philosophersPhilosophers of artSimple living advocates18th-century classical composersDeist philosophersBurials at the Panthéon, ParisPeople with hypochondriasisContributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)Autobiographers18th-century male musiciansConverts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism, Romantic philosophersProto-evolutionary biologistsClassical-period composersPhilosophy of music
Rousseau on Education
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Rousseau's ideas on how to educate children so they retain their natural selves and are not corrupted by society.
10 October 2019
Also featuring: Richard Whatmore, Caroline Warman
Philosophy18th-century male musicians18th-century philosophersConverts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism, Romantic philosophersPhilosophers of literatureAge of EnlightenmentProto-evolutionary biologistsSocial philosophersPhilosophers of economicsBurials at the Panthéon, ParisFrench political philosophersCatholic philosophersPhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of educationPhilosophers of artPeople with hypochondriasis18th-century classical composersDeist philosophersPhilosophers of mindContributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)Classical-period composersAutobiographersEnlightenment philosophersWriters about activism and social changePhilosophers of scienceSimple living advocatesAuthenticity
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what being oneself has meant to philosophers from Aristotle to Sartre and since and how compatible authenticity is with morality
14 March 2019
Also featuring: Sarah Richmond, Irene McMullin