Episodes

Sunday Jan 15, 2023
HoP 412 - Not Matter, But Me - Michel de Montaigne
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
In his “Essays” Montaigne uses his wit, insight, and humanist training to tackle his favorite subject: Montaigne.

Sunday Jan 31, 2021
HoP 365 - Spirits in the Material World - Telesio and Campanella on Nature
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Was the natural philosophy of Bernardino Telesio and Tommaso Campanella the first modern physical theory?

Sunday Jan 17, 2021
HoP 364 - Guido Giglioni on Renaissance Medicine
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
An interview with Guido Giglioni, who speaks to us about the sources and philosophical implications of medical works of the Renaissance.

Sunday Jan 03, 2021
HoP 363 - Man of Discoveries - Girolamo Cardano
Sunday Jan 03, 2021
Sunday Jan 03, 2021
The polymath Girolamo Cardano explores medicine, mathematics, philosophy of mind, and the interpretation of dreams.

Sunday Oct 25, 2020
HoP 358 - Of Two Minds - Pomponazzi and Nifo on the Intellect
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Pietro Pomponazzi and Agostino Nifo debate the immortality of the soul and the cogency of Averroes’ theory of intellect.

Sunday Apr 05, 2020
HoP 346 - Cecilia Muratori on Animals in the Renaissance
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
An interview with Cecilia Muratori, an expert on the surprisingly modern ideas about non-human animals that emerged in the Renaissance.

Sunday Mar 22, 2020
HoP 345 - What a Piece of Work is Man - Manetti and Pico on Human Nature
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
Pico della Mirandola and Giannozzo Manetti praise humans as the centerpiece of the created world. But what about the other animals?

Sunday Feb 23, 2020
HoP 343 - As Far as East from West - Jewish Philosophy in Renaissance Italy
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
Jewish philosophers in Renaissance Italy, focusing on Leone Ebreo’s Dialogues of Love, the Averroism of Elijah del Medigo, and Italian Kabbalah.

Sunday Feb 09, 2020
HoP 342 - Denis Robichaud on Plato in the Renaissance
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
An interview with Denis Robichaud on how, and why, Plato was read in the Italian Renaissance.

Sunday Jan 12, 2020
HoP 340 - Footnotes to Plato - Marsilio Ficino
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Marsilio Ficino’s revival of Platonism, with a focus on his proofs for the soul’s immortality in his magnum opus, the Platonic Theology.

Sunday Nov 03, 2019
HoP 335 - Sabrina Ebbersmeyer on Emotions in Renaissance Philosophy
Sunday Nov 03, 2019
Sunday Nov 03, 2019
An interview with Sabrina Ebbersmeyer about the relation of emotion to reason and the body, and panpsychism, in the Renaissance.

Sunday Jun 16, 2019
HoP 327 - Michele Trizio on Byzantine and Latin Medieval Philosophy
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
The series on Byzantium concludes as Michele Trizio discusses the mutual influence of Byzantium and Latin Christendom.

Sunday May 06, 2018
HoP 300b - The Relevance of Medieval Philosophy Today
Sunday May 06, 2018
Sunday May 06, 2018
Peter King, Catarina Dutilh Novaes, and Russ Friedman discuss their approaches to medieval philosophy, and its contemporary relevance.

Sunday Apr 22, 2018
HoP 300a - The Relevance of Ancient Philosophy Today
Sunday Apr 22, 2018
Sunday Apr 22, 2018
Rachel Barney, Christof Rapp, and Mark Kalderon join Peter to discuss the importance of ancient philosophy for today's philosophers.

Sunday Dec 03, 2017
HoP 290 - Martin Pickavé on Emotions in Medieval Philosophy
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Martin Pickavé returns to the podcast to talk about theories of the emotions in Aquinas, Scotus and Wodeham.

Sunday Sep 24, 2017
HoP 285 - Dominik Perler on Medieval Skepticism
Sunday Sep 24, 2017
Sunday Sep 24, 2017
The medievals were too firm in their beliefs to entertain skeptical worries, right? Don't be so sure, as Peter learns from Dominik Perler.

Sunday Mar 26, 2017
HoP 274 - Susan Brower-Toland on Ockham's Philosophy of Mind
Sunday Mar 26, 2017
Sunday Mar 26, 2017
An interview with Susan Brower-Toland covering Ockham's views on cognition, consciousness, and memory.