History of Indian and Africana Philosophy

Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

The History of Philosophy podcast expands to cover the philosophical riches Indian and Africana culture.

  • 24 minutes 1 second
    HPC 16. To Become or Not to Become: the Confucians on Our Moral Natures

    Morality is what makes us humans, for the Confucians. But does morality come from inside us, outside us, or both?

    3 November 2024, 4:00 am
  • 22 minutes
    HPC 15. Flexing Your Moral Muscles: Xunzi on Moral Cultivation

    Xunzi, a thinker who shaped the course of Confucian philosophy by showing how deliberate effort can overcome our wicked natural tendencies.

    20 October 2024, 4:00 am
  • 21 minutes 18 seconds
    HPC 14. Every Man for Himself: Virtue and the Body

    Several ancient Chinese texts speak of an egoist and hedonist known as Yang Zhu: did he pose a coherent challenge to the Confucians and other ethicists?

    6 October 2024, 4:00 am
  • 22 minutes 29 seconds
    HPC 13. The Trembling Ox: Mengzi and the Compassionate Heart

    In the Mengzi, the text that bears his name, Mengzi ("Mencius") holds that the human heart-mind is the wellspring of goodness.

    22 September 2024, 4:00 am
  • 26 minutes 18 seconds
    HPC 12. Gentlemen’s Agreement: Confucian Virtue Ethics

    Should the remarkable parallels between Aristotelian and Confucian ethics lead us to classify Confucianism as a type of “virtue ethics”?

    8 September 2024, 4:00 am
  • 32 minutes 16 seconds
    HPC 11. Mark Csikszentmihalyi on Early Confucianism

    In this interview, we learn how Kongzi become the pivotal sage of early Chinese history, and what new discoveries teach us about the Confucian tradition.

    28 July 2024, 4:00 am
  • 20 minutes 57 seconds
    HPC 10. We’re a Pack Animal: Individual and Society in Confucianism

    What does the Analects say about living as a human being? How are individuals embedded in society, and how do they develop their unique identities?

    14 July 2024, 4:00 am
  • 25 minutes 55 seconds
    HPC 09. Family Values: Confucian Role Ethics

    Confucianism puts relationships with family members at the core of their ethical thinking. Is this a strength or a weakness?

    30 June 2024, 4:00 am
  • 25 minutes 5 seconds
    HPC 08. Confucius Says: Reading the Analects

    Lessons we can take from the teachings of Kongzi (Confucius) in the Analects: challenging authorities, adhering to “benevolence (ren),” and practicing “propriety (li)” in ritual and everyday life.

    16 June 2024, 4:00 am
  • 24 minutes 25 seconds
    HPC 07. Uncrowned King: Kongzi (Confucius) and the Analects

    An introduction to Kongzi, the founder of Confucianism, and to the text that has come to represent his thought, the Lunyu (Analects).

    2 June 2024, 4:00 am
  • 35 minutes 43 seconds
    HPC 06. Franklin Perkins on Excavated Texts

    In this interview, we learn how newly discovered texts are changing our understanding of Warring States period philosophy.

    19 May 2024, 4:00 am
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