Bishop Berkeley's guest appearances

Bishop Berkeley

In Our Time

In Our Time: Philosophy

In Our Time: Religion

The Pearl of Great Price 

Thomas Becket

Matteo Ricci

John Wesley

Judith Beheading Holofernes

William James

Margery Kempe

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Thomas Browne

Titus Oates

Mary Astell

Thomas Aquinas

Michael Faraday

Iris Murdoch

Roger Bacon

Frederick Douglass

OwlTail

George Berkeley, a father of Empiricism, and Irish Bishop and endower of Yale University lived a fascinating life,  We look at his ideas and his legacy in this podcast. 

George Berkeley, a father of Empiricism, and Irish Bishop and endower of Yale University lived a fascinating life,  We look at his ideas and his legacy in this podcast.

Mar 12 Bishop Berkeley, Yale and Idealism

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of George Berkeley, an Anglican bishop who was one of the most important philosophers of the eighteenth century. Bishop Berkeley believed that objects only truly exist in the mind of somebody who perceives them - an idea he called immaterialism. His interests and writing ranged widely, from the science of optics to religion and the medicinal benefits of tar water. His work on the nature of perception was a spur to many later thinkers, including David Hume and Immanuel Kant. The clarity of Berkeley's writing, and his ability to pose a profound problem in an easily understood form, has made him one of the most admired early modern thinkers.With:Peter MillicanGilbert Ryle Fellow and Professor of Philosophy at Hertford College, OxfordTom StonehamProfessor of Philosophy at the University of YorkMichela MassimiSenior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science at the University of Edinburgh.Producer: Thomas Morris.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of George Berkeley, an Anglican bishop who was one of the most important philosophers of the eighteenth century. Bishop Berkeley believed that objects only truly exist in the mind of somebody who perceives them - an idea he called immaterialism. His interests and writing ranged widely, from the science of optics to religion and the medicinal benefits of tar water. His work on the nature of perception was a spur to many later thinkers, including David Hume and Immanuel Kant. The clarity of Berkeley's writing, and his ability to pose a profound problem in an easily understood form, has made him one of the most admired early modern thinkers. With: Peter Millican Gilbert Ryle Fellow and Professor of Philosophy at Hertford College, Oxford Tom Stoneham Professor of Philosophy at the University of York Michela Massimi Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science at the University of Edinburgh. Producer: Thomas Morris.