
Tom Hopkins
Senior Teaching Associate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Selwyn College
1 episode
Covers topics in categories such as:
PhilosophyFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesPhilosophers of religionEnlightenment philosophersAge of EnlightenmentAtheist philosophersMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences18th-century philosophersUniversity of Paris alumniHonorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of SciencesFrench atheistsMembers of the French Academy of SciencesFrench philosophers of scienceTheoretical historiansFrench philosophers of educationMembers of the Académie FrançaiseRationalistsFrench philosophers of historyFrench male non-fiction writersFrench philosophers of cultureFrench sociologistsFrench feministsScholars of feminist philosophy18th-century French mathematiciansBurials at the Panthéon, Paris18th-century French writers18th-century French male writersFrench political scientistsDeputies to the French National ConventionFrench biographers, French ethicistsVoting theoristsFrench abolitionistsProto-feministsPeople killed in the French Revolution
Condorcet
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential French philosopher and mathematician who tried to apply his Enlightenment ideas on the benefit of education to the French Revolution.
11 January 2024
Also featuring: Rachel Hammersley, Richard Whatmore
PhilosophyFrench political scientistsFrench sociologistsDeputies to the French National ConventionFrench biographers, French ethicistsHonorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of SciencesFrench philosophers of scienceFrench feminists18th-century philosophersTheoretical historiansAge of EnlightenmentFrench atheists18th-century French mathematiciansRationalistsBurials at the Panthéon, ParisFrench philosophers of historyFrench philosophers of educationFellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences18th-century French writersMembers of the Académie FrançaiseFrench male non-fiction writersFrench philosophers of cultureMembers of the French Academy of SciencesAtheist philosophersVoting theoristsFrench abolitionistsPhilosophers of religionProto-feministsEnlightenment philosophersUniversity of Paris alumniMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesPeople killed in the French RevolutionScholars of feminist philosophy18th-century French male writers