In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg

In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg

The history of ideas discussed by Melvyn Bragg and guests including Philosophy, science, literature, religion and the influence these ideas have on us today.

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  • Logical Positivism 02 Jul 09

    Thu, 2 Jul 09

    Duration:
    43 mins

    Melvyn Bragg discusses Logical Positivism, the radical early twentieth century philosophy movement which began in ‘Red’ Vienna and rejected much of past philosophy as not just false but meaningless. With Barry Smith, Nancy Cartwright and Thomas Uebel

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