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A History of Ideas animations

Big questions and theories explained in under 2 minutes from A History of Ideas on BBC Radio 4. Animations voiced by Harry Shearer, Gillian Anderson, Stephen Fry and Aidan Turner. Scripted by Nigel W... Read more

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Wittgenstein's Beetle in a Box Analogy

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Esse est Percipi - ('To be is to be perceived')

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