A series of 15 programmes in which Bryan Magee talks to 15 leading philosophers about Western philosophy today.
7: The Spell of Linguistic Philosophy with Bernard Williams , Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University.
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. PROFESSOR WILLIAMS talks about the spell it exercised over a whole generation.
Series prepared by BRYAN MAGEE Director TONY TYLEY
Executive producer JANET HOENIG
(A shortened version of this discussion will appear in THE LISTENER dated 9 March)