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Men of Ideas

on BBC Two England

Creators of Modern Philosophy
The last of 15 programmes in which Bryan Magee talks to leading philosophers about Western philosophy today.
Philosophy: The Social Context with ERNEST GELLNER , Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Sociology, London School of Economics.
ERNEST GELLNER and BRYAN MAGEE set contemporary philosophy against its social background and show how its central concerns have arisen out of deep-seated historical changes in the Western world. They end with a discussion of probable future developments.
Series prepared by BRYAN MAGEE Director TONY TYLEY
Executive producer JANET HOENIG Book (same title), 17.50, from bookshops

Contributors

Talks:
Bryan Magee
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Ernest Gellner
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Ernest Gellner
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Bryan Magee
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Bryan Magee
Director:
Tony Tyley
Producer:
Janet Hoenig

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