Elly Truitt
Professor of Classics at Bryn Mawr College
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
SciencePhilosophers of mindPhilosophers of literatureMetaphysiciansPhilosophers of scienceNatural philosophersCatholic philosophersPhilosophers of languageEmpiricistsScholastic philosophersEnglish philosophers18th century in technology13th-century philosophers13th-century writers in LatinAncient Greek technologyEnglish translators, Medieval orientalistsEnglish alchemistsGrammarians of LatinCatholic clergy scientistsHistory
Automata
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas about machines imitating living creatures, and the questions they raise about the differences between machinery and humanity.
20 September 2018
Also featuring: Simon Schaffer, Franziska Kohlt
Roger Bacon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss medieval English scholar Roger Bacon, an early pioneer of science who became known as Doctor Mirabilis.
20 April 2017
Also featuring: Jack Cunningham, Amanda Power
HistoryMetaphysicians13th-century philosophersCatholic philosophersEnglish philosophersPhilosophers of languageEnglish translators, Medieval orientalistsNatural philosophersEnglish alchemistsGrammarians of LatinCatholic clergy scientists13th-century writers in LatinPhilosophers of scienceEmpiricistsPhilosophers of mindPhilosophers of literatureScholastic philosophers