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A new history of ideas presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices. Melvyn is joined by four guests with different backgrounds to discuss a really big question. This week he's asking What makes us human? Helping him answer it are philosopher Barry Smith, classicist Catharine Edwards, historian Simon Schaffer and theologian Giles Fraser. For the rest of the week Barry, Catharine, Simon and Giles will take us further into the history of ideas about being human with programmes of their own. Between them they will examine the evolution of language, the Stoic philosopher Seneca, the classification of all living species, the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the film Bladerunner.
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A History of Ideas
Neuropsychologist Paul Broks on Wittgenstein
2015-08-07 • 12min
A History of Ideas
Philosopher Clare Carlisle on Reality and Perception
2015-08-06 • 12min
A History of Ideas
Physicist Tara Shears on Falsification
2015-08-05 • 12min
A History of Ideas
Lawyer Harry Potter on Eyewitness Testimony
2015-08-04 • 13min
A History of Ideas
How Can I Know Anything at All?
2015-08-03 • 13min
A History of Ideas
Writer Lisa Appignanesi on the Love of Children
2015-07-31 • 12min
A History of Ideas
Psychotherapist Mark Vernon on Freud
2015-07-30 • 12min
A History of Ideas
Theologian Giles Fraser on Altruism
2015-07-29 • 12min
A History of Ideas
Classicist Edith Hall on Aristophanes in Plato
2015-07-28 • 13min
A History of Ideas
What Is Love?
2015-07-27 • 12min