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:
The scholastic and mystic Meister Eckhart sets out his daring speculations about God and humankind in both Latin and German.
Changing ideas about money, just price, and usury, up to the time of Buridan, Oresme, and Gregory of Rimini.
The medievals were too firm in their beliefs to entertain skeptical worries, right? Don't be so sure, as Peter learns from Dominik Perler.
The debate between Nicholas of Autrecourt and John Buridan on whether it is possible to achieve certain knowledge.
Peter speaks to Jack Zupko about John Buridan's secular and parsimonious approach to philosophy.
The hipster’s choice for favorite scholastic, John Buridan, sets out a nominalist theory of knowledge and language, and explains the workings of free will.
An interview with Monica Green reveals parallels between medicine and philosophy in the middle ages.
Ockham, Buridan, Oresme and Francis of Marchia explore infinity, continuity, atomism, and the impetus involved in motion.
Bradwardine and other thinkers based at Oxford make breakthroughs in physics by applying mathematics to motion.
Sara Uckelman soundly defeats Peter in the medieval logical game of "obligations."
The scholastics discuss the ambiguity of terms, the nature of logical inference, and logical paradoxes, and play the game of “obligations.”
Scotus, Ockham, and Bradwardine ask how we can be free if God knows and chooses the things we will do in the future.
Walter Burley flies the flag for realism against Ockham and other nominalists.
An interview with Susan Brower-Toland covering Ockham's views on cognition, consciousness, and memory.
How the language of thought relates to spoken and written language, according to William of Ockham.