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Men of Ideas

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Creators of modern philosophy
A series of 15 programmes in which Bryan Magee talks to 15 leading philosophers about Western philosophy today.
11: The Ideas of Chomsky with Noam Chomsky, Professor of Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Chomsky issues a fundamental challenge to our whole conception of how we learn language - and therefore the relationship of language to experience - and therefore the nature of knowledge. This programme examines the central ideas of one of the truly seminal thinkers of our time.
Series prepared by BRYAN MAGEE
Director TONY TYLEY
Executive producer JANET HOENIG
(A shortened version of this discussion will be in The Listener dated 6 April)

Contributors

Talks:
Bryan Magee
Unknown:
Noam Chomsky
Unknown:
Bryan Magee
Director:
Tony Tyley
Producer:
Janet Hoenig
Source: Radio Times

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