Men of Ideas Season 1 Episode 12 The Philosophy of Science ( Air Date 1978-04-06 ) Genre Documentary, Talk category. Overview "In this program, world-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and Hilary Putnam of Harvard examine current philosophical thought that dismisses the primacy and infallibility of mathematical logic and the scientific method. Modern thinkers, such as Einstein, are credited with introducing interpretive logic into their scientific theories.".