In this program, Michael Ayers discusses the thought of the two great classical empiricists, John Locke and George Berkeley. This is an episode from the 1987 series on the Great Philosophers with Bryan Magee, which can be found here: • The Great Philosophers with Bryan Magee (1... 00:00 Introduction 03:59 Locke vs Descartes 07:54 Locke on Ideas 15:56 Newton & Locke 17:33 Locke on Mathematics 18:44 Primary & Secondary Qualities 23:21 Locke on Language 26:51 Personal Identity 29:30 Political Philosophy 31:30 Locke's Contribution 33:36 Berkeley's Idealism 36:33 Berkeley & Modern Science 38:55 God as Source of Experience #philosophy #epistemology #bryanmagee #locke #historyofphilosophy #perception #skepticism