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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
Episodes
Sep 3, 2011
Jul 24, 2011
Jul 24, 2011
22 min
In his zoology, Aristotle divides and defines all kinds of animals, and so invents the science of biology
Jul 17, 2011
Jul 17, 2011
21 min
Aristotle's theory of soul: its functions and how it relates to the body
Jul 10, 2011
Jul 10, 2011
26 min
Richard Sorabji discusses time, eternity and mosquitos in Aristotle's Physics
Jul 3, 2011
Jul 3, 2011
22 min
Aristotle's Physics explains change, time and place with the help of his actuality/potentiality distinction
Jun 26, 2011
Jun 26, 2011
20 min
The four types of explanation: formal, material, efficient and final cause
Jun 19, 2011
Jun 19, 2011
20 min
Aristotle's critique of Platonic Forms and defense of his own metaphysics
Jun 12, 2011
Jun 7, 2011
May 30, 2011
May 30, 2011
20 min
Aristotle's invention of logic in the Organon (especially Categories, On Interpretation, Prior Analytics)
May 23, 2011
May 16, 2011
May 16, 2011
21 min
Plato's attack on the poets and his own use of myth in the Republic and other dialogues
May 9, 2011
May 9, 2011
25 min
Frisbee Sheffield discusses Plato's erotic dialogues, including the Symposium
May 2, 2011
Apr 25, 2011
Apr 18, 2011
Apr 11, 2011
Apr 4, 2011
Mar 28, 2011
Mar 20, 2011
Mar 20, 2011
20 min
Plato's Republic defends and defines justice at the level of the ideal city and the person