History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Peter Adamson

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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505 episodes
Updated July 26

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Dec 8, 2024 · 22 min
HoP 458 - Outsider Philosophy - The Cheese and the Worms
Carlo Ginzburg’s innovative historical study The Cheese and the Worms looks at the ideas of an obscure 16th century miller, suggesting how popular culture might be integrated into the history of philosophy.
Nov 24, 2024 · 19 min
HoP 457 - Take Your Medicine - Oliva Sabuco and Camilla Erculiani
Natural philosophy and medicine in the work of two unorthodox thinkers of the late sixteenth century, both of them women.
Nov 10, 2024 · 25 min
HoP 456 - Touch Me With Your Madness - Cervantes’ Don Quixote
Why do critics consider Don Quixote the first “modern” novel, and what does it tell us about the aesthetics of fiction?
Oct 27, 2024 · 35 min
HoP 455 - Tom Pink on Francisco Suárez
We're joined by Tom Pink, who tells us about Suárez on ethics, law, religion, and the state.
Oct 13, 2024 · 16 min
HoP 454 - By Appointment Only - Political Philosophy in the Second Scholastic
Suárez and other Iberian scholastics ask where political power comes from and under what circumstances it is exercised legitimately.
Sep 29, 2024 · 17 min
HoP 453 - The Price is Right - Law and Economics in the Second Scholastic
Vitoria, Molina, Suárez and others develop the idea of natural law, exploring its relevance for topics including international law, slavery, and the ethics of economic exchange.
Sep 15, 2024 · 18 min
HoP 452 - Better Than Nothing - Metaphysics in the Second Scholastic
Did the metaphysics of Francisco Suárez mark a shift from traditional scholasticism to early modern philosophy?
Sep 1, 2024 · 20 min
HoP 451 - Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’ve - Free Will in the Second Scholastic
What was Luis de Molina trying to say about human free will with his doctrine of “middle knowledge,” and why did it provoke such controversy?
Jul 21, 2024 · 25 min
HoP 450 - Depicting What Cannot Be Depicted - Philosophy and Two Renaissance Artworks
To celebrate reaching 450 episodes, Peter looks at the philosophical resonance of two famous artworks from the turn of the 16th century: Dürer’s Self-Portrait and Michelangelo’s paintings in the Sistine Chapel.
Jul 7, 2024 · 34 min
HoP 449 - Anna Tropia on Jesuit Philosophy
We learn from Anna Tropia how Jesuit philosophy of mind broke new ground in the scholastic tradition.
Jun 23, 2024 · 20 min
HoP 448 - Secondary Schools - Iberian Scholasticism
The “School of Salamanca,” founded by Francisco Vitoria, and the commentators of Coimbra are at the center of a movement sometimes called the “Second Scholastic.”
Jun 9, 2024 · 29 min
HoP 447 - Andrés Messmer on Spanish Protestantism
Yes, there were Spanish Protestants! Andrew (Andrés) Messmer joins us to explain how they drew on humanism and philosophy to argue for their religious agenda.
May 26, 2024 · 25 min
HoP 446 - Not Doubting Thomas - the Aquinas Revival
Cajetan, Bañez and other thinkers make Aquinas a central figure of Counter-Reformation thought; we focus on their theories about analogy and the soul.
May 12, 2024 · 22 min
HoP 445 - Band of Brothers - the Jesuits
Ignatius of Loyola’s movement begins modestly, but winds up having a global impact on education and philosophy.
Apr 28, 2024 · 23 min
HoP 444 - The Dark Night Rises - Spanish Mysticism
Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross push the boundaries of individual spirituality and offer philosophically informed accounts of mystical experience.
Apr 14, 2024 · 21 min
HoP 443 - Marketplace of Letters - Iberian Humanism
Fray Luis de Leon, Antonio Nebrija, Beatriz Galindo and other scholars bring the Renaissance to Spain.
Mar 31, 2024 · 43 min
HoP 442 - Scott Williams on Disability and the New World
In this interview we learn about the main issues in modern-day philosophy of disability, and the relevance of this topic for the European encounter with the Americas.
Mar 17, 2024 · 20 min
HoP 441 - Lambs to the Slaughter - Debating the New World
Bartholomé De las Casas argues against opponents, like Sepúlveda, who believed that Europeans had a legal and moral right to rule over and exploit the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Mar 3, 2024 · 17 min
HoP 440 - Longitudinal Studies - Exploration and Science
Iberian expeditions to the Americas inspire scientists, and Matteo Ricci’s religious mission to Asia becomes an encounter between European and Chinese philosophy.
Feb 18, 2024 · 24 min
HoP 439 - Cancel Culture - The Inquisition
How religious persecution and censorship shaped the context of philosophy in Catholic Europe in the sixteenth century.

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

HoP 458 - Outsider Philosophy - The Cheese and the Worms

HoP 457 - Take Your Medicine - Oliva Sabuco and Camilla Erculiani

HoP 456 - Touch Me With Your Madness - Cervantes’ Don Quixote

HoP 455 - Tom Pink on Francisco Suárez

HoP 454 - By Appointment Only - Political Philosophy in the Second Scholastic

HoP 453 - The Price is Right - Law and Economics in the Second Scholastic

HoP 452 - Better Than Nothing - Metaphysics in the Second Scholastic

HoP 451 - Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’ve - Free Will in the Second Scholastic

HoP 450 - Depicting What Cannot Be Depicted - Philosophy and Two Renaissance Artworks

HoP 449 - Anna Tropia on Jesuit Philosophy

HoP 448 - Secondary Schools - Iberian Scholasticism

HoP 447 - Andrés Messmer on Spanish Protestantism

HoP 446 - Not Doubting Thomas - the Aquinas Revival

HoP 445 - Band of Brothers - the Jesuits

HoP 444 - The Dark Night Rises - Spanish Mysticism

HoP 443 - Marketplace of Letters - Iberian Humanism

HoP 442 - Scott Williams on Disability and the New World

HoP 441 - Lambs to the Slaughter - Debating the New World

HoP 440 - Longitudinal Studies - Exploration and Science

HoP 439 - Cancel Culture - The Inquisition