# Bryan Magee
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Bryan Edgar Magee (; 12 April 1930 – 26 July 2019) was a British philosopher, broadcaster, politician and author, best known for bringing philosophy to a popular audience.
== Early life ==
Born of working-class parents in Hoxton, London, in 1930, within a few hundred yards of where his paternal grandparents were born, Magee was brought up in a flat above the family clothes shop, where he shared a bed with his elder sister, Joan. He was close to his father but had a difficult relationship with his abusive and overbearing mother.
Aristotle's Philosophical Innovations - M. Nussabum and B. Magee
An interview between the philosopher Martha Nussbaum, who specialize(d) in Ancient Greek philosophy and tragedy and Bryan Magee. Aired originally in 1987. Discusses in particular Aristotelian metaphysics and epistemology, describes the intellectual quarrel between Plato and Aristotle, and describes…
Herbert Marcuse Double Episode
Herbert Marcuse was one of the leading intellectuals of the 1960s, and did more than perhaps any other philosopher to shape the intellectual foundations of the counterculture.
In this episode, I include first an interview between Bryan Magee and the man himself, and then afterwards and always punc…
Historically Underrepresented MPs
During much of the twentieth century, the stereotypical image of an MP was of a white, straight, male. But, as our archive of oral history interviews suggests, the makeup of the House of Commons would go through a significant change as we approached the millennium. However this doesn’t mean that We…
The Hallmark of a Philosophical Question (Isaiah Berlin and Bryan Magee)
A very short clip of Isaiah Berlin in conversation with Bryan Magee. This is from a 1977 program on philosophy. The full interview can be found here: https://youtu.be/RDgw6ydB6lU#philosophy #isaiahberlin #bryanmagee #historyofphilosophy
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The Making of a Philosopher - What is Meant by 'Can't'? (Isaiah Berlin)
A very short clip of Isaiah Berlin in conversation with Bryan Magee from a 1977 program on philosophy which can be found here: https://youtu.be/RDgw6ydB6lU#philosophy #isaiahberlin #bryanmagee #historyofphilosophy
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The Guts of the Frankfurt School: Reexamining Marx and the Marriage with Freud (Marcuse and Bryan Magee)
The full interview can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U23Ho0m_Sv0#philosophy #bryanmagee #marx #freud #politicaltheory #politicalphilosophy #marxism #historyofphilosophy
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Rawls vs Nozick (Ronald Dworkin)
Ronald Dworkin gives a very brief, introductory overview of John Rawls' "A Theory of Justice" and Robert Nozick's "Anarchy, State, and Utopia" in an interview with Bryan Magee from 1977. Although both wrote very influential works of political philosophy, they came to quite different conclusions. Ra…
Death by Thomas Nagel
A reading of Thomas Nagel's 1970 article on death. The voice is AI, but modeled on Bryan Magee. #philosophy #death #ethics
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Chomsky on the "Limits" of Knowledge (1977)
A few clips of Noam Chomsky discussing the limits of knowledge and thought in a 1977 interview with Bryan Magee, and sounding like a dyed-in-the-wool Kantian in the process. This is a version of an upload from the previous channel. The full interview can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch…
Hilary Putnam on Science and Non-Science (1977)
A short clip of Hilary Putnam discussing science and the demarcation project in a 1977 interview with Bryan Magee on the philosophy of science. This is version of an upload from the other channel. The full interview can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJB2q8ufAgk #philosophy #epistem…
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