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This programme is about the philosophical problem of what lies beyond, and causes our sense-experiences. It also considers the problem of what our attitude to the external world should be, even if ...we can't prove that it actually exists. The programme is presented in dramatised form as an argument between a philosopher (Janet Richards) and a miniaturised demon, Descartes' Evil Genius (Richard Derrington). It is great fun to watch. The detail of their argument is summarised in the Broadcast Notes.
Metadata describing this Open University video programme
Module code and title: A313, Philosophical problems
Item code: A313; 08
First transmission date: 03-02-1981
Published: 1981
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Duration: 00:25:00
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Producer: David Jackson
Contributor: Janet Radcliffe-Richards
Publisher: BBC Open University
Keyword(s): Existence
Subject terms: Descartes, Rene--1596-1650; Devil; God; Illusion (Philosophy); Senses and sensation
Master spool number: 6HT/73749
Production number: FOUA088P
Videofinder number: 1292
Available to public: no