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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Bonaventure and Peter Olivi respond to critics of the Franciscan vow of poverty, in a debate which produced new ideas about economics and rights.
Medieval ideas about what animals do and do not have in common with humans, and how we should treat them.
Peter Olivi proposes that awareness occurs not through passively being affected by things, but by actively paying attention to them.
Bonaventure argues that human knowledge depends on an illumination from God.
Charles Burnett tells Peter about the role of magic in medieval intellectual life.
Roger Bacon extols the power of science based on experience and uses a general theory of "species" to explain light and vision.
Translator, scientist and theologian Robert Grosseteste sheds light on the cosmos, human understanding, and the rainbow.
The scholastics explore Aristotle’s ethical teaching and the concept of moral conscience.
Philip the Chancellor introduces the transcendentals, a key idea in medieval metaphysics and aesthetics.
John Blund and William of Auvergne draw on Aristotle and Avicenna to argue that the soul is immaterial and immortal.
Richard Rufus and anonymous commentators on Aristotle explore the nature of motion, time, infinity and space.
The terminist logicians William of Sherwood and Peter of Spain classify the various ways that language can relate to the world.
Kent Emery joins Peter to discuss the effects of monastic and university culture on medieval philosophy.
The emergence of universities in Paris, Oxford, Bologna and elsewhere provide the main setting for medieval philosophy in the 13th century and beyond.
