Logic Lane

Logic Lane comprises six films of an hour each.

1. Logic Lane The first film of the series. a retrospective by A.J. Ayer of the development of philosophy in Oxford from the 1930s to the 1970s.

3. Appearance and Reality Professors A.J. Ayer and Bernard Williams discuss philosophy and science.

5. Language and Creativity Professor P F Strawson and Gareth Evans discuss linguistic theory.

2. I’m Going to Tamper with Your Beliefs a Little Sir Isaiah Berlin and Stuart Hampshire discuss philosophy in Oxford in the 1930s. Includes a rare recording of J.L.Austin.

4. The Idea of Freedom A philosophical conversation between Iris Murdoch and David Pears on ethics, freedom, determinism and Freud

6. You might just as well say ‘I see what I eat’ is the same thing as ‘I eat what I see’. Professor Gilbert Ryle and J. O. Urmson discuss philosophy of mind.