His book /Men of Ideas/ is a set of conversations with leading philosophers (among them Searle, Chomsky, Quine), accessible to non experts. I read it as a kid a

His book /Men of Ideas/ is a set of conversations with leading philosophers (among them Searle, Chomsky, Quine), accessible to non experts. I read it as a kid and whenever I happen to revisit it I find just as inspiring. It seems to be out of print, though the videos from the BBC show are ironically on youtube, /The Great Philosophers/ in which prominent philosophers discuss the major figures in the canon of Western philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, etc.) is also enticing, though less than /Men of Ideas/.