38M
Downloads
505
Episodes
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
Episodes
Jul 16, 2017
Jul 16, 2017
20 min
The hipster’s choice for favorite scholastic, John Buridan, sets out a nominalist theory of knowledge and language, and explains the workings of free will.
Jul 2, 2017
Jul 2, 2017
37 min
An interview with Monica Green reveals parallels between medicine and philosophy in the middle ages.
Jun 18, 2017
Jun 18, 2017
20 min
Ockham, Buridan, Oresme and Francis of Marchia explore infinity, continuity, atomism, and the impetus involved in motion.
Jun 4, 2017
Jun 4, 2017
21 min
Bradwardine and other thinkers based at Oxford make breakthroughs in physics by applying mathematics to motion.
May 21, 2017
May 21, 2017
43 min
Sara Uckelman soundly defeats Peter in the medieval logical game of "obligations."
May 7, 2017
May 7, 2017
19 min
The scholastics discuss the ambiguity of terms, the nature of logical inference, and logical paradoxes, and play the game of “obligations.”
Apr 23, 2017
Apr 23, 2017
20 min
Scotus, Ockham, and Bradwardine ask how we can be free if God knows and chooses the things we will do in the future.
Apr 9, 2017
Apr 9, 2017
20 min
Walter Burley flies the flag for realism against Ockham and other nominalists.
Mar 26, 2017
Mar 26, 2017
29 min
An interview with Susan Brower-Toland covering Ockham's views on cognition, consciousness, and memory.
Mar 12, 2017
Mar 12, 2017
21 min
How the language of thought relates to spoken and written language, according to William of Ockham.
Feb 26, 2017
Feb 26, 2017
20 min
Ockham trims away the unnecessary entities posited by other scholastics.
Feb 12, 2017
Jan 29, 2017
Jan 29, 2017
22 min
In his book Defender of the Peace, Marsilius of Padua develops new theories of representative government, rights, and ownership.
Jan 21, 2017
Jan 21, 2017
13 min
Peter muses on recent political events in light of the history of philosophy.
Jan 15, 2017
Jan 15, 2017
19 min
Giles of Rome and Dante on the rival claims of the church and secular rulers.
Jan 1, 2017
Jan 1, 2017
20 min
Italy’s greatest poet Dante Alighieri was also a philosopher, as we learn from his Convivio and of course the Divine Comedy.
Dec 18, 2016
Dec 18, 2016
20 min
Marguerite Porete is put to death for her exploration of the love of God, The Mirror of Simple Souls.
Dec 4, 2016
Dec 4, 2016
32 min
A conversation with Tom Pink about medieval theories of freedom and action.
Nov 20, 2016
Nov 20, 2016
20 min
An introduction to philosophy in the 14th century, focusing on two big ideas: nominalism and voluntarism.
Nov 6, 2016