History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

HoP 228 - It's All Good - The Transcendentals

Philip the Chancellor introduces the transcendentals, a key idea in medieval metaphysics and aesthetics.

HoP 227 - Stayin’ Alive - Thirteenth Century Psychology

John Blund and William of Auvergne draw on Aristotle and Avicenna to argue that the soul is immaterial and immortal.

HoP 226 - Full of Potential - Thirteenth Century Physics

Richard Rufus and anonymous commentators on Aristotle explore the nature of motion, time, infinity and space.

HoP 225 - No Uncertain Terms - Thirteenth Century Logic

The terminist logicians William of Sherwood and Peter of Spain classify the various ways that language can relate to the world.

HoP 224 - Kent Emery on Institutions of Learning

Kent Emery joins Peter to discuss the effects of monastic and university culture on medieval philosophy.

HoP 223 - Straw Men - The Rise of the Universities

The emergence of universities in Paris, Oxford, Bologna and elsewhere provide the main setting for medieval philosophy in the 13th century and beyond.

HoP 222 - Rediscovery Channel - Translations into Latin

Greek and Arabic sources are rendered into Latin in a translation movement that will revolutionize medieval philosophy.

HoP 221 - Leading Light - Hildegard of Bingen

The life, visions, political intrigues and scientific interests of Hildegard of Bingen.

HoP 220 - Caroline Humfress on the Roots of Medieval Law

A discussion about Roman law and its reception in the medieval period, with ancient law expert Caroline Humfress.

HoP 219 - Law and Order - Gratian and Peter Lombard

Gratian and Peter Lombard help bring scholasticism to maturity by systematizing law and theology.

HoP 218 - Two Swords - Early Medieval Political Philosophy

The “Investiture Contest” between church and state and the first major work of medieval political philosophy, John of Salisbury’s Policraticus.

HoP 217 - Andrew Arlig on Parts and Wholes

Andrew Arlig joins Peter to discuss medieval discussions of mereology (the study of parts and wholes).

HoP 216 - One of a Kind - Gilbert of Poitiers on Individuation

Gilbert of Poitiers proposes a unique way to explain how each individual is the individual it is.

HoP 215 - The Medieval Podcasters

In this special episode, Peter chats with the hosts of the History of the Crusades, History of Byzantium, and British History podcasts.

HoP 214 - The Good Book - Philosophy of Nature

As early medieval science blossoms, Bernard Silvestris and Alan of Lille personify Nature in their philosophical prose-poems.

HoP 213 - On the Shoulders of Giants - Philosophy at Chartres

The controversial role of Chartres in the philosophical Renaissance of the twelfth century.

HoP 212 - Like Father, Like Son - Debating the Trinity

Discussion, debate and denunciation of philosophical attempts to explain the Trinity in Abelard, Richard of St Victor and Bernard of Clairvaux.

HoP 211 - Learn Everything - the Victorines

Hugh of Saint Victor and other scholars of the same abbey combine secular learning with spirituality.

HoP 210 - John Marenbon on Peter Abelard

John Marenbon returns to the podcast to discuss Abelard's views on necessity and freedom..

HoP 209 - It’s the Thought that Counts - Abelard’s Ethics

Peter Abelard sets out an innovative ethical theory that identifies intentions as the core of moral life.