Explores the conflict between Thomas Hobbes's materialism and George Berkeley's idealism and the 20th century conflict between realists and antirealists. Philosophers include John Searle, Hilary Putnam, and Richard Rorty.
The Examined Life brings learners the philosophic wisdom of the western world in 26 half-hour programs.
Each episode examines the "Great Questions" that have intrigued philosophers from antiquity to the present. Using writings of past philosophers and interviews with contemporary philosophers, the series underscores how these classic questions still reverberate in modern man.
