In Our Time (radio series): Difference between revisions

In 2005, listeners were invited to vote in a popularity contest for the "greatest philosopher in history" with the winner selected as the subject of the final programme before the summer break. With 30,000 votes cast,<ref Name="Brand">{{cite web|url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/484707/marx-wins-bbc-times-greatest-philosopher-vote|title=Marx wins BBC In Our Time's Greatest Philosopher vote|work=brandrepublic.com|accessdate=12 March 2015}}</ref> the contest was won by [[Karl Marx]] with 27.9% of the votes. Other shortlisted figures were [[David Hume]] (12.7%), [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]] (6.8%), [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] (6.5%), [[Plato]] (5.6%), [[Immanuel Kant]] (5.6%), [[Thomas Aquinas]] (4.8%), [[Socrates]] (4.8%), [[Aristotle]] (4.5%) and [[Karl Popper]] (4.2%).<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/greatest_philosopher_vote_result.shtml In Our Time's Greatest Philosopher Result] from the [[BBC Radio 4]] website</ref> The poll was controversial but led to widespread reporting, and a boost in the programme's overall listenership, as various UK celebrities and news outlets championed their favourites.<ref Name="Brand"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-133548708.html|title=Proles and polls; Philosophy.(Britons seem about to vote Marx history's greatest philosopher)|work=highbeam.com|accessdate=12 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article533688.ece|title=Login|work=timesonline.co.uk|accessdate=12 March 2015}}</ref>

 

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