History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Peter Adamson

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". www.historyofphilosophy.net

487 Episoden

HoP 480 Honorable Ignorance: French Skepticism
vor einem Tag
21:30
So-called “libertines” like Mothe le Vayer revive ancient skepticism, provoking a backlash from Mersenne and Arnauld. Were they right to see the skeptics as anti-religious?
HoP 479 Gideon Manning on Cartesian Medicine
2.11.2025
33:57
An interview exploring Descartes' interest in medicine, how his medical ideas relate to his dualism, and his influence on medical science.
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HoP 478 This Gland Is Your Gland: Cartesian Science
19.10.2025
24:16
From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.
HoP 477 The Mind Has No Sex: Cartesianism and Gender
5.10.2025
20:44
Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age.
HoP 476 What He Should Have Said: the Early Cartesians
21.9.2025
26:07
Early Cartesians including Cordemoy and de La Forge develop but also challenge Descartes’ ideas, defending atomism and occasionalism.
HoP 475 Ariane Schneck on Elisabeth and Descartes
7.9.2025
34:33
We finish our look at Elisabeth of Bohemia and Descartes by talking to Ariane Schneck about their correspondence, focusing on the mind-body problem and the passions.
HoP 474 States of the Union: Descartes on the Passions
20.7.2025
19:20
What do emotions reveal about the connection between mind and body? We turn to Descartes’ correspondence with Elisabeth and his On the Passions to find out.
HoP 473 As Rational As You: Elisabeth of Bohemia
6.7.2025
21:44
A royal scholar and philosopher sets aside the tribulations of her family to debate Descartes over the relation between mind and body and the nature of happiness.
HoP 472 Less Cheer, More Knowledge: Descartes’ Ethics
22.6.2025
20:31
Descartes’ “provisional” morality and his views on free will and virtue.
HoP 471 Unclear and Indistinct Ideas: Debating the Meditations
8.6.2025
21:51
Descartes’ Meditations caused controversy as soon as it appeared. In this episode we look at criticisms including the “Cartesian Circle,” and how Descartes answered them.

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History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Peter Adamson

487 Episoden

HoP 480 Honorable Ignorance: French Skepticism

HoP 479 Gideon Manning on Cartesian Medicine

HoP 478 This Gland Is Your Gland: Cartesian Science

HoP 477 The Mind Has No Sex: Cartesianism and Gender

HoP 476 What He Should Have Said: the Early Cartesians

HoP 475 Ariane Schneck on Elisabeth and Descartes

HoP 474 States of the Union: Descartes on the Passions

HoP 473 As Rational As You: Elisabeth of Bohemia

HoP 472 Less Cheer, More Knowledge: Descartes’ Ethics

HoP 471 Unclear and Indistinct Ideas: Debating the Meditations