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Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps". www.historyofphilosophy.net
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Jul 7, 2024
Jul 7, 2024
34 min
We learn from Anna Tropia how Jesuit philosophy of mind broke new ground in the scholastic tradition.
Apr 28, 2024
Apr 28, 2024
23 min
Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross push the boundaries of individual spirituality and offer philosophically informed accounts of mystical experience.
Jan 15, 2023
Jan 15, 2023
20 min
In his “Essays” Montaigne uses his wit, insight, and humanist training to tackle his favorite subject: Montaigne.
Jan 31, 2021
Jan 31, 2021
20 min
Was the natural philosophy of Bernardino Telesio and Tommaso Campanella the first modern physical theory?
Jan 17, 2021
Jan 17, 2021
27 min
An interview with Guido Giglioni, who speaks to us about the sources and philosophical implications of medical works of the Renaissance.
Jan 3, 2021
Jan 3, 2021
20 min
The polymath Girolamo Cardano explores medicine, mathematics, philosophy of mind, and the interpretation of dreams.
Oct 25, 2020
Oct 25, 2020
22 min
Pietro Pomponazzi and Agostino Nifo debate the immortality of the soul and the cogency of Averroes’ theory of intellect.
Apr 5, 2020
Apr 5, 2020
30 min
An interview with Cecilia Muratori, an expert on the surprisingly modern ideas about non-human animals that emerged in the Renaissance.
Mar 22, 2020
Mar 22, 2020
21 min
Pico della Mirandola and Giannozzo Manetti praise humans as the centerpiece of the created world. But what about the other animals?
Feb 23, 2020
Feb 23, 2020
23 min
Jewish philosophers in Renaissance Italy, focusing on Leone Ebreo’s Dialogues of Love, the Averroism of Elijah del Medigo, and Italian Kabbalah.
Feb 9, 2020
Feb 9, 2020
30 min
An interview with Denis Robichaud on how, and why, Plato was read in the Italian Renaissance.
Jan 12, 2020
Jan 12, 2020
24 min
Marsilio Ficino’s revival of Platonism, with a focus on his proofs for the soul’s immortality in his magnum opus, the Platonic Theology.
Nov 3, 2019
Nov 3, 2019
29 min
An interview with Sabrina Ebbersmeyer about the relation of emotion to reason and the body, and panpsychism, in the Renaissance.
Jun 16, 2019
Jun 16, 2019
24 min
The series on Byzantium concludes as Michele Trizio discusses the mutual influence of Byzantium and Latin Christendom.
May 6, 2018
May 6, 2018
1hr 13 min
Peter King, Catarina Dutilh Novaes, and Russ Friedman discuss their approaches to medieval philosophy, and its contemporary relevance.
Apr 22, 2018
Apr 22, 2018
1hr 21 min
Rachel Barney, Christof Rapp, and Mark Kalderon join Peter to discuss the importance of ancient philosophy for today's philosophers.
Dec 3, 2017
Dec 3, 2017
29 min
Martin Pickavé returns to the podcast to talk about theories of the emotions in Aquinas, Scotus and Wodeham.
Sep 24, 2017
Sep 24, 2017
28 min
The medievals were too firm in their beliefs to entertain skeptical worries, right? Don't be so sure, as Peter learns from Dominik Perler.
Mar 26, 2017
Mar 26, 2017
29 min
An interview with Susan Brower-Toland covering Ockham's views on cognition, consciousness, and memory.