History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Peter Adamson

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  • 25 minutes 39 seconds
    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?

    10 November 2024, 4:00 am
  • 35 minutes 26 seconds
    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.

    27 October 2024, 4:04 am
  • 16 minutes 58 seconds
    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.

    13 October 2024, 4:00 am
  • 17 minutes 50 seconds
    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.

    29 September 2024, 4:00 am
  • 18 minutes 6 seconds
    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?

    15 September 2024, 4:00 am
  • 20 minutes 44 seconds
    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?

    1 September 2024, 4:00 am
  • 25 minutes 11 seconds
    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.

    21 July 2024, 4:00 am
  • 34 minutes 31 seconds
    HoP 449 - Anna Tropia on Jesuit Philosophy

    We learn from Anna Tropia how Jesuit philosophy of mind broke new ground in the scholastic tradition.

    7 July 2024, 4:00 am
  • 20 minutes 1 second
    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.”

    23 June 2024, 4:00 am
  • 29 minutes 4 seconds
    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.

    9 June 2024, 4:00 am
  • 25 minutes 20 seconds
    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.

    26 May 2024, 4:00 am
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