HoP 487 Showing Good Judgment: The Port Royal Logic

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  HoP 488 No Particular Reason: Nicolas Malebranche

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  We begin to explore Malebranche’s controversial development of Cartesian philosophy by looking at his theodicy.
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  HoP 487 Showing Good Judgment: The Port Royal Logic

  22.2.2026

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  Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole update the study of logic to take account of the ideas of Descartes.
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  HoP 486 Friends of the Truth: Arnauld and Jansenism

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  Antoine Arnauld combines Cartesian philosophy with Jansenism, one of the most controversial religious movements of the 17th century.
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  HoP 485 Liz Jackson on Pascal's Wager

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  38:41

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  HoP 481 True Fool’s Gold: Pierre Gassendi

  30.11.2025

  20:19

  Gassendi’s path from skepticism to “baptized Epicureanism.”
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  HoP 480 Honorable Ignorance: French Skepticism

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  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?
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  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.