Plot: World-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and Berkeley philosopher of language John Searle discuss the question: "How does language relate to thought and to reality?" Searle explores the use of language to clarify experience as fundamental to the acquisition of knowledge. He then describes the various uses of language in the philosophies of Plato, Descartes, Frege, Mills, and others

Men Of Ideas - Season 1 - The Philosophy of Language (Episode 10)
Episode Aired On:
Thursday, March 23 1978
47 years ago
Thursday, March 23 1978
47 years ago