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In Our Time - Debate
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JOHN STUART MILL
Mill - Fairies
I stumbled on the 'In our time ' programme accidentaly. I listen to radio 4 whilst doing household chores so I was ironing in the evening whilst the 'Fairies' discussion was being held (rather annoyed that Ancient Greek Mythology was completely by-passed...not even a mention but straight to the Romans !) A book that comes to mind also is 'Women who run with the Wolves' by Clarissa Pinkola Estes in which fairytales are used as a tool in therapy and psycho-analysis. The programme on John Stuart Mill was also attention grabbing (doing the dishes this time) as I had never heard of him...this did shock me. Have decided to sign up for the newsletter and will be tuning in for future programmes. Keep up the good work. Diana Antoniadis
Mat McVeagh, J.S. Mill
I had not realised how close Mill's views were to my own, I'll have to read him properly at some point. Despite doing a philosophy degree I didn't choose to study Mill particularly, and I have to say I have never found Utilitarianism comprehensible. I think the aspect of Mill's view I find most impressive and admirable is his stance on women's rights. This seems so far ahead of its time, it is a sign to me of a truly visionary character.
Alex
I'm going to second or third a program about 20th continental philosophy. A bracing program explaining what Deconstruction is from a philosophical scholar like Christopher Norris who knows what he is on about might clear up most peoples misconceptions about it all ie postmodern philosophy=nihilism, the denial of any truth at all blah blah. Placing Lyotard in his full philosophical context (ie with but differently from the Frankfurt School attempting a defense against fascism) might clear some things up about not only what his version of postmodernism is. It might also clearly show the problem people have with the term that is based on a misconception and conflation of its use in the thoughts of various thinkers, often quite distinctly. A brief discussion of its relation to Witgenstein and his part in the recent attempts to reconcile the endlessly warring forms of philosophy might be fun.
Stephen Haigh - J S Mill
Enjoyed the prog. How about one on Karl Popper?
Research.
Some of us download and listen in foreign climes where access to a bookshop (or even a library) is difficult. Can we get some internet sources added to the Subject Research? I can search myself (and frequently do) but a couple of good internet references would certainly make life easier and the research more reliable and quicker.
Justin - A Suggestion
It was great to hear a show on John Stuart Mill A name that has come up on many in our time shows. It is also great to see that next week we will be embarking on a show looking at the relationship between mathematics and music. I think it would also be great if there were to a discussion on the 'transcendentalist movement',discussing the lives, works and beleifs of Thoreau, Emerson, Fuller. It would good to see how this movement relates to and influenced other schools of thought such as the 'Beat Generation'. I would be interested in hearing your responses.
tony woodd...........John Stuart Mills
In attempting to use thought as direction to happiness, it is worth considering that such thought is the outcome of the machinations of egocentric persona and is determined by the insecurity of such imagined entity, the outcome of which can be seen in the ongoing insecurity and all that it gives rise to in our world. So what is the egocentric persona and how did this phenomenon of consciousness occur? Was it inevitable in the evolution of consciousness and will human kind destroy itself before it is able to evolve through this period of learning?
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