Helen Beebee
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
PhilosophyOntologistsSocial philosophersPhilosophy writersPhilosophers of mindTheorists on Western civilizationWriters about activism and social changePhilosophers of historyPhilosophers of religionPhilosophers of scienceEnlightenment philosophersEpistemologistsCritics of the Catholic ChurchWriters about religion and sciencePhilosophers of social scienceMetaphilosophersPhilosophers of psychologyPhilosophers of mathematicsPhilosophers of economicsBritish male essayistsPhilosophers of logicConcepts in ethicsPhilosophers of artEmpiricistsVirtue ethicistsConcepts in metaphysicsAlumni of the University of EdinburghBritish philosophers of educationBritish critics of religionsPhilosophy of lifeDeist philosophersFreethought writers18th-century British essayistsCriticism of rationalism18th-century British philosophersBritish consciousness researchers and theoristsConservatismAction theoristsPhilosophy of religionPhilosophers of identitySkeptic philosophersPeople of the Scottish EnlightenmentSecular humanistsBritish male non-fiction writersReligious ethicsPhilosophical problemsCausality
David Hume
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of David Hume, the philosopher and leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
6 October 2011
Also featuring: Peter Millican, James Harris
PhilosophyCritics of the Catholic ChurchPhilosophers of mind18th-century British essayistsWriters about religion and scienceVirtue ethicistsMetaphilosophersPhilosophers of religionBritish male essayistsPhilosophers of logicCriticism of rationalismWriters about activism and social changeAlumni of the University of EdinburghEpistemologistsPhilosophy writersPhilosophers of artBritish philosophers of educationPhilosophers of psychology18th-century British philosophersEmpiricistsPhilosophers of identityBritish consciousness researchers and theoristsBritish critics of religionsPhilosophers of mathematicsDeist philosophersTheorists on Western civilizationPhilosophers of sciencePhilosophers of historySkeptic philosophersPeople of the Scottish EnlightenmentPhilosophers of social scienceConservatismSecular humanistsPhilosophers of economicsEnlightenment philosophersAction theoristsSocial philosophersBritish male non-fiction writersOntologistsFreethought writers18th centuryEconomicsMathematicsPsychologyScotlandFree Will(500th programme)
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the problem of free will - the extent to which we are able to choose our actions.
10 March 2011
Also featuring: Simon Blackburn, Galen Strawson