Anthony Kenny on Medieval Philosophy: Thomas AquinasĠ5. Ayer, Anthony Kenny, Bernard Williams, Martha Nussbaum, Peter Singer, and John Searle. And the contemporary philosophers whom Bryan Magee has conversations with include A. Consisting of 15 episodes and featuring Bryan Magee, the series covers the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and Descartes, among others, ending with a discussion with John Searle on the philosophy of Wittgenstein. The Great Philosophers is a series of intellectual conversations in which Bryan Magee discusses the major historical figures of Western philosophy with fifteen contemporary philosophers.