Philosophy File

The film Troy is based on the famous poem The Iliad - so why didn't film-makers stick to Homer's famous tale? Professor Greg Currie offers a philosophical perspective. PhilosophyFile is a series of interviews by video journalist Brady Haran with researchers at the University of Nottingham.

Attempting to "rank" beautiful images - from the Mona Lisa to sports cars - is a clever way to teach philosophy to younger minds, as the University of Nottingham's Jonathan Tallant explains. These PhilosophyFile videos are created by Brady Haran working with philosophers at the University of Nottingham.

This is Part I of an interview about the "Philosophy of Nothing" with Stephen Mumford, a Professor of Metaphysics at the University of Nottingham. These PhilosophyFile videos are created by Brady Haran working with philosophers at the University of Nottingham.