Bryan Magee talks to Michael Ayers about Locke and Berkeley /

This progran examines the philosophies of British empiricists Locke and Berkeley. Michael Ayers interprets Locke's skeptical theory that all knowledge is sensory and speculative, and that the true nature of the world can never be known, as an attack on Descarte's theory of innate ideas. Co...

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Corporate Authors: BBC Education & Training, BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc, Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Other Authors: Magee, Bryan, Ayers, Michael, 1935-
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
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Summary:This progran examines the philosophies of British empiricists Locke and Berkeley. Michael Ayers interprets Locke's skeptical theory that all knowledge is sensory and speculative, and that the true nature of the world can never be known, as an attack on Descarte's theory of innate ideas. Conversely, Berkeley insists the we cannot have sensory knowledge of material substances because they exist only in our mind.
Item Description:Distributed under license from BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
Originally broadcasted as a segment of the television program: The great philosophers, a history of western philosophy in 1987.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.