History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps show

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Summary: 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." The series looks at the ideas, lives and historical context of the major philosophers as well as the lesser-known figures of the tradition. www.historyofphilosophy.net

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Podcasts:

 HoP 300b - The Relevance of Medieval Philosophy Today | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:13:06

Peter King, Catarina Dutilh Novaes, and Russ Friedman discuss their approaches to medieval philosophy, and its contemporary relevance.

 HoP 300a - The Relevance of Ancient Philosophy Today | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:29

Rachel Barney, Christof Rapp, and Mark Kalderon join Peter to discuss the importance of ancient philosophy for today's philosophers.

 HoP 299 - Robert Pasnau on Substance in Scholasticism | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:05

Bob Pasnau joins Peter to discuss ideas about substance from Aquinas down to the time of Locke, Leibniz and Descartes.

 Africana Philosophy Announcement | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:02:17

New paperbacks and a new series!

 HoP 298 - Renaissance Men - Ramon Llull and Petrarch | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:21:59

The Renaissance ideals of humanism and universal science flourish already in the medieval period, in the works of Petrarch and Ramon Llull.

 HoP 297 - The Prague Spring - Scholasticism Across Europe | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:46

New ideas and and new universities in Italy and greater Germany including Vienna and Prague, where Jan Hus carries on the radical ideas of Wyclif.

 HoP 296 - Morning Star of the Reformation - John Wyclif | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:19:09

John Wyclif refutes nominalism and inspires the Lollard movement, which anticipated Reformation thought with its critique of the church.

 HoP 295 - The Most Christian Doctor - Jean Gerson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:44

Jean Gerson’s role in the political disputes of his day, the spread of lay devotion and affective mysticism, and the debate over the Romance of the Rose initiated by Christine de Pizan.

 HoP 294 - Isabel Davis on Sexuality and Marriage in Chaucer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:31:49

Peter is joined by Isabel Davis to discuss marriage, sex and chastity in Chaucer, focusing on the Wife of Bath's speech.

 HoP 293 - The Good Wife - Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:23:24

Medieval attitudes towards homosexuality, sex and chastity, and the status of women. Authors discussed include Aquinas, Catherine of Siena, and Chaucer.

 HoP 292 - Say it With Poetry - Chaucer and Langland | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:03

Philosophical themes in Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” and “Troilus and Criseyde,” as well as Langland’s “Piers Plowman.”

 HoP 291 - Alle Maner of Thyng Shall be Welle - English Mysticism | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:18:48

Julian of Norwich’s Shewings and the Cloud of Unknowing lay out challenging paths to knowledge of, and union with, God.

 HoP 290 - Martin Pickavé on Emotions in Medieval Philosophy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:29:14

Martin Pickavé returns to the podcast to talk about theories of the emotions in Aquinas, Scotus and Wodeham.

 HoP 289 - A Wing and a Prayer - Angels in Medieval Philosophy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:46

Be surprised by how many philosophical problems arise in connection with angels (how many can dance on the head of a pin is not one of them).

 HoP 288 - Men in Black - The German Dominicans | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:19:45

Dietrich of Freiberg, Berthold of Moosburg, John Tauler and Henry Suso explore Neoplatonism and mysticism.

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