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- Season 1 An Introduction to Philosophy
- Season 1 Marxist Philosophy
- Season 1 Marcuse and the Frankfurt School
- Season 1 Martin Heidegger and Modern Existentialism
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- Season 1 Logical Positivism and its Legacy
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- Season 1 The Ideas of Quine
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- Season 1 The Ideas of Chomsky
- Season 1 The Philosophy of Science
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- Season 1 Philosophy: The Social Context
Men of Ideas - Season 1 Episode 15 Philosophy: The Social Context
8.50 48 minutes World-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and London School of Economics professor Ernest Gellner discuss contemporary philosophy, its historical and social backgrounds, and its role in modern society. Gellner examines the radical expansion of scientific knowledge and its dehumanizing effect on society as expressed by sociologist Max Weber. Marxism’s messianic expectation is blamed for its failure to reconstruct society. Gellner dismisses today’s philosophy of relativism as unworkable.
