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Philosophy in the Open: The Open University Philosophy Media Archive

Videos from a golden age of mid-to-late 20th century British philosophy, accompanied by newly commissioned commentaries by leading contemporary thinkers.

47 items in total

Content type	Title	Description	Date
Video	Wittgenstein and the quest for meaning	This is an edited version of the original programme in which music and footage have been removed...	02 June 1981
Video	Wittgenstein and the problem of universals	Stephen Korner and Renford Bambrough discuss the traditional problem of universals and...	26 September 1973
Image	William and Jonathan Miller	William Miller and his father, Sir Jonathan Miller	2018
Video	What use is Moral philosophy?	Professor Vesey introduces a discussion between Professor Richard Hare and Dr. Anthony Kenny on the...	02 May 1973
Video	What is truth?	Susan Wilson introduces a discussion between Peter Strawson and Gareth Evans on the nature of...	04 April 1973
Video	Utilitarianism : a tutorial by Rohan Collier	This programme is an edited recording of a tutorial with an Open University tutor and students...	13 January 1987
Video	Utilitarianism : a lecture by Bernard Williams	In this programme Bernard Williams presents a critical paper on the problems of Utilitarianism.	05 August 1986
Video	Time	Bernard Williams feels that too great a distinction has been made in recent philosophy between the...	05 September 1973
Video	The concept of mind	'The Concept of Mind' is one of the most influential books on philosophy to have been published...	14 March 1973
Image	Stuart Hall	Portrait photograph of Stuart Hall (1932-2014), Professor of Sociology from 1979 to 1997.	1985
Image	Senior Lecturer David Scott	David Scott is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at The Open University	2021
Video	Questioning theories		20 June 1982
Video	Questioning assumptions		07 March 1982
Image	Professor Tim Crane	Portrait photograph of Professor Tim Crane, Professor Philosophy at the Central European University...	2021
Image	Professor Susan Haack	Photograph of Professor Susan Haack, Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Cooper Senior...	2021
Video	Professor Stuart Brown Interview	Interview with Professor Stuart Brown about the Open University Philosophy broadcast teaching...	2021
Image	Professor Sophie-Grace Chappell	Portrait photograph of Professor Sophie Grace Chappell, Professor of Philosophy at The Open...	2021
Image	Professor Sophie Watson	Professor Sophie Watson is Professor of Sociology at The Open University	2021
Image	Professor Mona Simion	Professor Mona Simion is Professor of Philosophy at the COGITO Epistemology Research Centre,...	2021
Image	Professor Michael Smith	Professor Michael Smith is McCosh Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University.	2021
Image	Professor John Clarke	Professor John Clarke is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at The Open University	2021
Image	Professor Ian Phillips	Ian Phillips is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Brain Sciences at John...	2021
Image	Professor Huw Price	Portrait photograph of Professor Huw Price, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of...	2021
Image	Professor Cristina Chimisso	Portrait photograph of Professor Cristina Chimisso.	2021
Image	Professor Anna Alexandrova	Professor Alexandrova is Professor in Philosophy of Science in the Department of History and...	2021
Image	Professor Amy Kind	Portrait photograph of Professor Amy Kind, Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy at Claremont...	2023
Image	Peter Strawson handwritten notes	Handwritten notes by Peter Strawson for his discussion with Gareth Evans for Open University...	1973
Video	Personal Identity	An edited version of A313/02 Personal Identity. Music and some content has been removed from this...	24 March 1981
Video	Perception	This programme centres on the representative theory of perception which is held by Professor Hirst...	18 July 1973
Video	Other minds	In this programme Professor Vesey criticizes Professor Ayer's solution to the 'other minds' problem...	21 February 1973
Video	Laws of nature and explanation	In his book 'Scientific explanation', Professor Braithwaite gives his account of how a person...	23 May 1973
Video	Kant 2 : moral conflict	In this programme a dramatised scene from 'Crime and Punishment' is played and discussed from the...	24 May 1972
Video	Is social science really necessary		15 June 1982
Video	Is mind identical with brain?	This programme discusses the problem of whether the mind is identified with the brain. In the...	31 January 1973
Video	Introduction to logic	Susan Wilson outlines logical techniques and explains the terminology used in logic.	22 February 1972
Image	Godfrey Vesey and Renford Bambrough	A still image of Godfrey Vesey and Renford Bambrough from Open University programme "Wittgenstein...	1973
Image	Godfrey Vesey	Still image of Godfrey Vesey from Open University programme Descartes 2: Action (A100/26).	1971
Image	Godfrey Vesey	Still image of Godfrey Vesey from Open University programme The concept of Mind (A303/04).	1973
Image	Dr. Anita Avramides	Portrait photograph of Dr. Anita Avramides, Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University...	2021
Image	Dr. Alex Barber	A portrait photograph of Dr. Alex Barber.	2021
Video	Do we know what knowing is?	Professor Godfrey Vesey introduces a discussion between Martha Kneale and Phillips Griffiths as to...	13 June 1973
Video	Descartes 2 : action	This programme is similar to the television programme in Unit 25 and those taking part are...	25 July 1971
Video	Descartes 1 : perception	This programme is a spontaneous discussion about "perception" led by Professor Godfrey Vesey. Its...	18 July 1971
Video	Contemporary Reflections on Williams and Sciama on Time	Anna Alexandrova, Professor Hugh Price and Professor Martin Rees discuss the 1973 Open University...	2021
Video	Competing theories?		15 June 1982
Image	Bernard Williams	Portrait photograph of Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams (1929-2003), the English philosopher.	2002
Video	Behaviour control : freedom and morality	Skinner's belief that 'operant conditioning' is the true explanation of human behaviour has put him...	08 August 1973

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