Denis McManus
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
PhilosophySocial philosophersPhilosophers of mindPhilosophers of literatureWriters about activism and social changePhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of scienceEnlightenment philosophersPhilosophers of educationAge of Enlightenment18th-century philosophersPhilosophers of economicsFrench political philosophersConcepts in aestheticsPhilosophers of artCatholic philosophersSimple living advocates18th-century classical composersDeist philosophersBurials at the Panthéon, ParisContributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)People with hypochondriasisAutobiographersProto-evolutionary biologistsConverts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism, Romantic philosophersClassical-period composers18th-century male musiciansPhilosophy 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
PhilosophyPhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of mind18th-century classical composers18th-century philosophersWriters about activism and social changeSimple living advocatesBurials at the Panthéon, ParisContributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)Proto-evolutionary biologistsPhilosophers of educationFrench political philosophersPhilosophers of artConverts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism, Romantic philosophersPeople with hypochondriasisClassical-period composersDeist philosophersPhilosophers of scienceAutobiographersPhilosophers of economicsEnlightenment philosophersCatholic philosophers18th-century male musiciansSocial philosophersAge of EnlightenmentPhilosophers of literature18th centuryEconomicsFranceMusicAuthenticity
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