Great philosophers

Great philosophers [Videorecording] / BBC Education & Training ; devised and presented by Bryan Magee ; producer, Jill Dawson. - Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1997. - 15 videocassettes (VHS)(45 min. each) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Originally broadcast in 1987 as the television program: Great philosophers, a history of western philosophy.

[1] Plato -- [2] Aristotle -- [3] Medieval philosophy : Thomas Aquinas -- [4] Descartes -- [5] Sinoza and Leibniz -- [6] Locke and Berkeley -- [7] Hume -- [8] Kant -- [9] Hegel and Marz -- [10] Schopenhauer -- [11] Nietzsche -- [12] Husserl, Heidegger and modern existentialism -- [13] The American pragmatists : C.S. Peirce, William James, John Dewey -- [14] Frege, Russell and modern logic -- [15] Wittgenstein.

Bryan Magee interviews several contemporary philosophers on the great philosophers of the past.


VHS format.

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Plato--Criticism and interpretation.
Socrates--Criticism and interpretation.
Aristotle--Criticism and interpretation.
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 --Criticism and interpretation.
Descartes, Ren�e, 1596-1650 --Criticism and interpretation.
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677 --Criticism and interpretation.
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 --Criticism and interpretation.
Locke, John, 1632-1704 --Criticism and interpretation.
Berkeley, George, 1685-1753 --Criticism and interpretation.
Hume, David, 1711-1776 --Criticism and interpretation.
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 --Criticism and interpretation.
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831 --Criticism and interpretation.
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 --Criticism and interpretation.
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860 --Criticism and interpretation.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 --Criticism and interpretation.
Husserl, Edmund, 1859-1938 --Criticism and interpretation.
Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976 --Criticism and interpretation.
Peirce, Charles S. 1839-1914 --Criticism and interpretation.
James, William, 1842-1910 --Criticism and interpretation.
Dewey, John, 1859-1952 --Criticism and interpretation.
Frege, Gottlob, 1848-1925 --Criticism and interpretation.
Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970 --Criticism and interpretation.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 --Criticism and interpretation.


Philosophers.
Philosophy--History.
Documentary television programs.

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