A History of Ideas

by BBC Radio 4

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of key philosophers and their theories.

Neuropsychologist Paul Broks on Wittgenstein
Aug 7, 2015 – 12:59
Philosopher Clare Carlisle on Reality and Perception
Aug 6, 2015 – 12:57
Physicist Tara Shears on Falsification
Aug 5, 2015 – 12:42
Lawyer Harry Potter on Eyewitness Testimony
Aug 4, 2015 – 13:10
How Can I Know Anything at All?
Aug 3, 2015 – 13:02
Writer Lisa Appignanesi on the Love of Children
Jul 31, 2015 – 12:55
Psychotherapist Mark Vernon on Freud
Jul 30, 2015 – 12:57
Theologian Giles Fraser on Altruism
Jul 29, 2015 – 12:59
Classicist Edith Hall on Aristophanes in Plato
Jul 28, 2015 – 13:04
What Is Love?
Jul 27, 2015 – 12:52
Philosopher Timothy Secret on Ancestor Worship
Jul 24, 2015 – 13:05
Philosopher Angie Hobbs on Plato's Philosopher Kings
Jul 23, 2015 – 13:18
Economist Kate Barker on the Free Market
Jul 22, 2015 – 12:58
Historian Justin Champion on Toleration
Jul 21, 2015 – 13:14
How Should We Live Together?
Jul 20, 2015 – 12:58
Philosopher Barry Smith on Descartes and Consciousness
Apr 17, 2015 – 12:58
Philosopher Jules Evans on Jung and the Mind
Apr 16, 2015 – 13:09
Writer AL Kennedy on Sartre and the Individual
Apr 15, 2015 – 13:08
Paul Broks on John Locke and Personal Identity
Apr 14, 2015 – 13:07
What Does It Mean to Be Me?
Apr 13, 2015 – 12:52
Historian Alice Taylor on Habeas Corpus
Apr 10, 2015 – 13:10
Thomas Hobbes and Civil Disobedience
Apr 9, 2015 – 13:05
Philosopher Angie Hobbs on the Veil of Ignorance
Apr 8, 2015 – 13:02
Barrister Harry Potter on Deterrence
Apr 7, 2015 – 13:03
What Is Justice?
Apr 6, 2015 – 12:51
Ayn Rand and Selfishness
Apr 3, 2015 – 13:15
Naomi Appleton on the Buddha's Four Noble Truths
Apr 2, 2015 – 12:50
Justin Champion on Max Weber and the Protestant Ethic
Apr 1, 2015 – 13:08
Philosopher Jules Evans on Aristotle and Flourishing
Mar 31, 2015 – 13:17
How Do I Live a Good Life?
Mar 30, 2015 – 12:38
Archaeologist Matt Pope on tools and human evolution
Jan 30, 2015 – 12:36
Surgeon Gabriel Weston on medical technology
Jan 29, 2015 – 12:54
Historian Justin Champion on Francis Bacon
Jan 28, 2015 – 12:26
Writer Tom Chatfield: Has technology rewired our brains?
Jan 27, 2015 – 12:39
How Has Technology Changed Us?
Jan 26, 2015 – 12:43
Giles Fraser on Wittgenstein and Blade Runner
Jan 23, 2015 – 12:47
Barry Smith on Noam Chomsky and Human Language
Jan 22, 2015 – 12:54
Catharine Edwards on Seneca and facing death.
Jan 21, 2015 – 12:44
Simon Schaffer on humans, apes and Carl Linnaeus
Jan 20, 2015 – 13:08
What Makes Us Human?
Jan 19, 2015 – 12:18
Historian Justin Champion on William Whiston's Comet Theory
Jan 16, 2015 – 11:31
Theologian Giles Fraser on Thomas Aquinas
Jan 15, 2015 – 12:04
Astronomer Carole Mundell on the Big Bang
Jan 14, 2015 – 11:48
Jessica Frazier on Creation Myths
Jan 13, 2015 – 11:55
How Did Everything Begin?
Jan 12, 2015 – 11:32
Philosopher Angie Hobbs on the Value of Conscience
Nov 28, 2014 – 12:00
Lawyer Harry Potter on Morality and the Law
Nov 27, 2014 – 12:10
Neuro-psychologist Paul Broks on Morality and the Brain
Nov 26, 2014 – 12:04
Theologian Giles Fraser on Moral character
Nov 25, 2014 – 11:38
How Can I Tell Right From Wrong?
Nov 24, 2014 – 11:55