Men of Ideas
Season 1, Episode 10: The Philosophy of Language
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World-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and Berkeley philosopher of language John Searle discuss the question: "How does language relate to thought and to reality?" Searle explores the use of language to clarify experience as fundamental to the acquisition of knowledge. He then describes the various uses of language in the philosophies of Plato, Descartes, Frege, Mills, and others.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
An Introduction to Philosophy
Episode 2
Marxist Philosophy
Episode 3
Marcuse and the Frankfurt School
Episode 4
Martin Heidegger and Modern Existentialism
Episode 5
The Two Philosophies of Wittgenstein
Episode 6
Logical Positivism and its Legacy
Episode 7
The Spell of Linguistic Philosophy
Episode 8
Moral Philosophy
Episode 9
The Ideas of Quine
Episode 10
The Philosophy of Language
Episode 11
The Ideas of Chomsky
Episode 12
The Philosophy of Science
Episode 13
Philosophy and Politics
Episode 14
Philosophy and Literature
Episode 15
Philosophy: The Social Context