Ayer on Frege and Russell: Section 5

[gorgolyt]

The ending supplied me with a large quantity of lulz.

[TwinDoubleHelix]

Magee is an excellent interviewer but he isn't too great at finger-enumerating: 1:42 ... Look at that! completely misses his thumb.

[merryvinbock]

@TwinDoubleHelix :D I lol`d <3

[ReduxRex]

is he diddleing.. a rosary, the whole time?

[vbrcat]

@ReduxRex I think it's just a rubber band, but I may be wrong. Uploader, thanks a lot for this master-piece of philosophical interviewing

[Ynnel155]

"in the fall of 1987. At a party held by fashion designer Fernando Sanchez, Ayer, then 77, confronted Mike Tyson who was forcing himself upon model Naomi Campbell. When Ayer demanded that Tyson stop, the boxer said: "Do you know who the fuck I am? I'm the heavyweight champion of the world," to which Ayer replied: "And I am the former Wykeham Professor of Logic. We are both pre-eminent in our field. I suggest that we talk about this like rational men". Ayer and Tyson talked -Wikipedia ROFL.

[LooksAeterna]

@Ynnel155 Given it was Naomi, I doubt she would've needed help =:))

A more interesting part of this Wiki article on Ayer is directly below, "Near-death experience".

[myrealnamehere]

This was a great interview. I just got through Russell's History of Western Philosophy, and enjoyed it greatly. One thing that surprises me about this interview is that there is actually no mention of Kurt Godel or his incompleteness theorems.

[MrPlender]

@myrealnamehere There is actually a fleeting reference to it in the first interview.

[hieraxhideo]

pure excellence - where is the modern equivalent to this show? we must have it!

[rajasmasala]

thank you, thank you, thank you.

[sirharryflashmanVC]

Thanks for this and the other Magee interviews.

[shilohwillcome]

Not enough about Frege, Ayer seems like a nice man.

[3rdEarlRussell2]

Long live Frege & Russell.

[K2nsl3r]

again, most splendid

[Zadokor]

haha

[ExMachine]

I thought it was splendid too Bryan.

[Alessandro1985]

i love ayer!

[AreYouKiddinMelol]

Who cares what Ayer says? He couldn't even bench 300!

[portoxali]

Thanks a lot for giving us a chance to watch this wonderful interview! Magee's interviews are real treasure for those who are interested in philosophical topics.

[flame0430]

This one was from 1987.

[xpaderom]

@flame0430 Thank you very much for posting these videos.  I thought you would like to know that parts 2 and 3 of the present episode contain a number of badly garbled moments that make it difficult to follow the discussion without knowing the topic under discussion very well beforehand. Perhaps you could repost? Thanks again for sharing these! They're enormously enjoyable.

[ContraWagner]

Wonderful interview!