Talking Philosophy is a unique record of philosophers explaining their work. This book features fifteen dialogues between Bryan Magee and some of the outstanding thinkers of the twentieth century. It includes contributions from Isaiah Berlin, Noam Chomsky, W. V. O. Quine, A. J. Ayer, Iris Murdoch, and Herbert Marcuse. The topics discussed include, 'What is philosophy?', Marxism, existentialism, literature, and ethics.