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History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Peter Adamson

300 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

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  1. HoP 262 - On Command - Scotus on Ethics

    · 22 min

    Scotus argues that morality is a matter of freely choosing to follow God’s freely issued commands.

  2. HoP 261 - To Will or Not to Will - Scotus on Freedom

    · 20 min

    Scotus develops a novel theory of free will and, along the way, rethinks the notions of necessity and possibility.

  3. HoP 260 - Once and for All - Scotus on Being

    · 21 min

    Duns Scotus attacks the proposal of Aquinas and Henry of Ghent that being is subject to analogy.

  4. HoP 259 - Richard Cross on Philosophy and the Trinity

    · 26 min

    Medieval discussions of the Trinity charted new metaphysical territory, as we see in this interview with Richard Cross.

  5. HoP 258 - Here Comes the Son - The Trinity and the Eucharist

    · 21 min

    Philosophy is pushed to its limits to provide rational explanations of two Christian theological doctrines.

  6. HoP 257 - Martin Pickave on Henry of Ghent and Freedom

    · 27 min

    An interview with Martin Pickavé on voluntarism in Henry of Ghent.

  7. HoP 256 - Frequently Asked Questions - Henry of Ghent

    · 21 min

    Henry of Ghent, now little known but a leading scholastic in the late 13th century, makes influential proposals on all the debates of his time.

  8. HoP 255 - Andreas Speer on Medieval Aesthetics

    · 33 min

    Does medieval art tell us anything about medieval theories of aesthetics? Peter finds out from Andreas Speer.

  9. HoP 254 - Love, Reign Over Me - The Romance of the Rose

    · 23 min

    Sex, reason, and religion in Jean de Meun’s completion of an allegory of courtly love, the Roman de la Rose.

  10. HoP 253 - Let Me Count the Ways - Speculative Grammar

    · 21 min

    The “modistae” explore the links between language, the mind, and reality.

  11. HoP 252 - Neverending Story - the Eternity of the World

    · 22 min

    Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the so-called “Latin Averroists” take up the question of whether the universe has always existed, and settle once and for all which comes first, the chicken or the egg.

  12. HoP 251 - Masters of the University - “Latin Averroism"

    · 23 min

    Did Siger of Brabant and Boethius of Dacia, who have been called “Latin Averroists” and “radical Aristotelians,” really embrace a doctrine of “double truth”?

  13. HoP 250 - Q&A

    · 41 min

    Peter answers listener questions on the nature of philosophy and the podcast series.

  14. HoP 249 - Paris When it Sizzles - the Condemnations

    · 21 min

    Two rounds of condemnations at Paris declare certain philosophical teachings as heretical. But what were the long term effects?

  15. HoP 248 - Scott MacDonald on Aquinas

    · 28 min

    Scott MacDonald joins Peter to discuss Thomas Aquinas' views on human knowledge.

  16. HoP 247 - Onward, Christian Soldiers - Just War Theory

    · 22 min

    Aquinas follows medieval legal thinkers in defining the conditions under which war may be justified, and proposes his famous doctrine of double effect.

  17. HoP 246 - What Pleases the Prince - The Rule of Law

    · 24 min

    Natural law and political legitimacy in thirteenth century thinkers up to and including Thomas Aquinas.

  18. HoP 245 - What Comes Naturally - Ethics in Albert and Aquinas

    · 21 min

    Natural and supernatural virtue and happiness in Thomas Aquinas and his teacher, Albert the Great.

  19. HoP 244 - Everybody Needs Some Body - Aquinas on Soul and Knowledge

    · 20 min

    Thomas Aquinas makes controversial claims concerning the unity of the soul and the empirical basis of human knowledge.

  20. HoP 243 - The Ox Heard Round the World - Thomas Aquinas

    · 22 min

    An introduction to Thomas Aquinas, his views on faith and reason, and his famous “five ways” of proving God’s existence.

  21. HoP 242 - Therese Cory on Self-Awareness in Albert and Aquinas

    · 34 min

    Therese Cory tells Peter what Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas thought about self-awareness.

  22. HoP 241 - The Shadow Knows - Albert the Great’s Metaphysics

    · 19 min

    Albert the Great’s theory of being and his attempt to explain what changes in the human mind when we come to see God in the afterlife.

  23. HoP 240 - Animal, Vegetable, Mineral - Albert the Great’s Natural Philosophy

    · 20 min

    Albert the Great earns his nickname “universal doctor” by devoting himself to the whole of nature, from geology and botany to the study of human nature.

  24. HoP 239 - Catarina Dutilh Novaes on Medieval Logic

    · 33 min

    Was medieval logic "formal"? Peter finds out from Catarina Dutilh Novaes.

  25. HoP 238 - Binding Arbitration - Robert Kilwardby

    · 22 min

    Robert Kilwardby is infamous for his ban on teaching certain philosophical ideas at Oxford, yet made contributions in logic and on the soul.

  26. HoP 237 - Begin the Beguine - Hadewijch and Mechthild of Magdeburg

    · 22 min

    Two Beguine authors, Hadewijch and Mechthild of Magdeburg, deploy the tropes of courtly love in vernacular writings about their mystical experiences.

  27. Indian Philosophy Announcement!

    · 4:25

    New feed for Philosophy in India: http://hopwag2.podbean.com/feed/

  28. HoP 236 - None for Me, Thanks - Franciscan Poverty

    · 22 min

    Bonaventure and Peter Olivi respond to critics of the Franciscan vow of poverty, in a debate which produced new ideas about economics and rights.

  29. HoP 235 - Juhana Toivanen on Animals in Medieval Philosophy

    · 25 min

    Medieval ideas about what animals do and do not have in common with humans, and how we should treat them.

  30. HoP 234 - Your Attention Please - Peter Olivi

    · 24 min

    Peter Olivi proposes that awareness occurs not through passively being affected by things, but by actively paying attention to them.

  31. HoP 233 - Stairway to Heaven - Bonaventure

    · 22 min

    Bonaventure argues that human knowledge depends on an illumination from God.

  32. HoP 232 - Charles Burnett on Magic

    · 31 min

    Charles Burnett tells Peter about the role of magic in medieval intellectual life.

  33. HoP 231 - Origin of Species - Roger Bacon

    · 23 min

    Roger Bacon extols the power of science based on experience and uses a general theory of "species" to explain light and vision.

  34. HoP 230 - A Light That Never Goes Out - Robert Grosseteste

    · 20 min

    Translator, scientist and theologian Robert Grosseteste sheds light on the cosmos, human understanding, and the rainbow.

  35. HoP 229 - Do the Right Thing - Thirteenth Century Ethics

    · 19 min

    The scholastics explore Aristotle’s ethical teaching and the concept of moral conscience.

  36. HoP 228 - It's All Good - The Transcendentals

    · 23 min

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

  37. HoP 227 - Stayin’ Alive - Thirteenth Century Psychology

    · 21 min

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

  38. HoP 226 - Full of Potential - Thirteenth Century Physics

    · 22 min

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

  39. HoP 225 - No Uncertain Terms - Thirteenth Century Logic

    · 23 min

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

  40. HoP 224 - Kent Emery on Institutions of Learning

    · 28 min

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

  41. HoP 223 - Straw Men - The Rise of the Universities

    · 22 min

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

  42. HoP 222 - Rediscovery Channel - Translations into Latin

    · 24 min

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

  43. HoP 221 - Leading Light - Hildegard of Bingen

    · 22 min

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

  44. HoP 220 - Caroline Humfress on the Roots of Medieval Law

    · 34 min

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

  45. HoP 219 - Law and Order - Gratian and Peter Lombard

    · 22 min

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

  46. HoP 218 - Two Swords - Early Medieval Political Philosophy

    · 22 min

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

  47. HoP 217 - Andrew Arlig on Parts and Wholes

    · 29 min

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

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

    · 23 min

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

  49. HoP 215 - The Medieval Podcasters

    · 1 h 01 min

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

  50. HoP 214 - The Good Book - Philosophy of Nature

    · 19 min

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

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