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Men of Ideas

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Creators of Modern Philosophy
Bryan Magee talks to leading philosophers about Western philosophy today.
The Spell of Linguistic Philosophy with Bernard Williams , former Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge, now Provost of King's.
Since language is a human invention, our sentences can have no meanings over and beyond what we ourselves give them: the meaning of a Word is its use. This was the central doctrine of the linguistic philosophers.
Series prepared by BRYAN MAGEE Director TONY TYLEY
Executive producer JANET HOENIG

Contributors

Talks:
Bryan Magee
Unknown:
Bernard Williams
Unknown:
Bryan Magee
Director:
Tony Tyley
Producer:
Janet Hoenig
Source: Radio Times

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