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The Philosophical Cafe

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  • Status: Returning Series
  • First Aired: January 1, 2009
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 16
  • Genres: Documentary

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The Philosophical Cafe(2009)

TMDB Rating: 10.0 (1 votes)

Overview

A journey that tells the thought of the greatest protagonists of Western philosophy, from its origins to the great thinkers of the twentieth century, through the story of great contemporary philosophers.

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Season 1

16 episodes • 2009

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Emanuele Severino: The Pre-Socratics and the Birth of PhilosophyJan 1, 20090.0
2Maurizio Ferraris: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and the School of Athens.Jan 1, 20090.0
3Roberta De Monticelli: Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas and Medieval Philosophy.Jan 1, 20090.0
4Michele Ciliberto: Giordano Bruno and the Philosophy of the RenaissanceJan 1, 20090.0
5Paolo Rossi: Newton and the Scientific RevolutionJan 1, 20090.0
6Maurizio Ferraris: Kant and the EnlightenmentJan 1, 20090.0
7Remo Bodei: Hegel and the DialecticJan 1, 20090.0
8Umberto Curi: Marx and the RevolutionJan 1, 20090.0
9Maurizio Ferraris: Netzsche and the Will to PowerJan 1, 20090.0
10Umberto Galimberti: Freud, Jung and the PsychoanalysisJan 1, 20090.0
11Piergiorgio Odifreddi: Einstein and the Theory of RelativityJan 1, 20090.0
12Gianni Vattimo: Heidegger and the Philosophy of the CrisisJan 1, 20090.0
13Piergiorgio Odifreddi: Russel and the Logic of the XX CenturyJan 1, 20090.0
14Giulio Giorello: Popper and the Philosophy of ScienceJan 1, 20090.0
15Stefano Rodotà: Foucault and the new shapes of PowerJan 1, 20090.0
16Maurizio Ferraris: Derridà and the DeconstructionJan 1, 20090.0

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