Episodes
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Why do critics consider Don Quixote the first “modern” novel, and what does it tell us about the aesthetics of fiction?
Sunday Oct 27, 2024
HoP 455 - Tom Pink on Francisco Suárez
Sunday Oct 27, 2024
Sunday Oct 27, 2024
We're joined by Tom Pink, who tells us about Suárez on ethics, law, religion, and the state.
Sunday Oct 13, 2024
Sunday Oct 13, 2024
Suárez and other Iberian scholastics ask where political power comes from and under what circumstances it is exercised legitimately.
Sunday Sep 29, 2024
HoP 453 - The Price is Right - Law and Economics in the Second Scholastic
Sunday Sep 29, 2024
Sunday Sep 29, 2024
Vitoria, Molina, Suárez and others develop the idea of natural law, exploring its relevance for topics including international law, slavery, and the ethics of economic exchange.
Sunday Sep 15, 2024
HoP 452 - Better Than Nothing - Metaphysics in the Second Scholastic
Sunday Sep 15, 2024
Sunday Sep 15, 2024
Did the metaphysics of Francisco Suárez mark a shift from traditional scholasticism to early modern philosophy?
Sunday Sep 01, 2024
HoP 451 - Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’ve - Free Will in the Second Scholastic
Sunday Sep 01, 2024
Sunday Sep 01, 2024
What was Luis de Molina trying to say about human free will with his doctrine of “middle knowledge,” and why did it provoke such controversy?
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
To celebrate reaching 450 episodes, Peter looks at the philosophical resonance of two famous artworks from the turn of the 16th century: Dürer’s Self-Portrait and Michelangelo’s paintings in the Sistine Chapel.
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
HoP 449 - Anna Tropia on Jesuit Philosophy
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
We learn from Anna Tropia how Jesuit philosophy of mind broke new ground in the scholastic tradition.
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
HoP 448 - Secondary Schools - Iberian Scholasticism
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
The “School of Salamanca,” founded by Francisco Vitoria, and the commentators of Coimbra are at the center of a movement sometimes called the “Second Scholastic.”
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
HoP 447 - Andrés Messmer on Spanish Protestantism
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Yes, there were Spanish Protestants! Andrew (Andrés) Messmer joins us to explain how they drew on humanism and philosophy to argue for their religious agenda.
Sunday May 26, 2024
HoP 446 - Not Doubting Thomas - the Aquinas Revival
Sunday May 26, 2024
Sunday May 26, 2024
Cajetan, Bañez and other thinkers make Aquinas a central figure of Counter-Reformation thought; we focus on their theories about analogy and the soul.
Sunday May 12, 2024
HoP 445 - Band of Brothers - the Jesuits
Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
Ignatius of Loyola’s movement begins modestly, but winds up having a global impact on education and philosophy.
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
HoP 444 - The Dark Night Rises - Spanish Mysticism
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross push the boundaries of individual spirituality and offer philosophically informed accounts of mystical experience.
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
HoP 443 - Marketplace of Letters - Iberian Humanism
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Fray Luis de Leon, Antonio Nebrija, Beatriz Galindo and other scholars bring the Renaissance to Spain.
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
HoP 442 - Scott Williams on Disability and the New World
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
In this interview we learn about the main issues in modern-day philosophy of disability, and the relevance of this topic for the European encounter with the Americas.
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
HoP 441 - Lambs to the Slaughter - Debating the New World
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Bartholomé De las Casas argues against opponents, like Sepúlveda, who believed that Europeans had a legal and moral right to rule over and exploit the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
HoP 440 - Longitudinal Studies - Exploration and Science
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Iberian expeditions to the Americas inspire scientists, and Matteo Ricci’s religious mission to Asia becomes an encounter between European and Chinese philosophy.
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
HoP 439 - Cancel Culture - The Inquisition
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
How religious persecution and censorship shaped the context of philosophy in Catholic Europe in the sixteenth century.
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
HoP 438 - Don't Give Up Pope - Catholic Reformation
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
How the Counter-Reformation or Catholic Reformation created a context for philosophy among Catholics, especially in Spain, Portugal, and Italy.
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
HoP 437 - Jennifer Rampling on Renaissance Alchemy
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
An expert on Renaissance alchemy tells us how this art related to philosophy at the time... and how she has tried to reproduce its results!