Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes list
John Wyclif refutes nominalism and inspires the Lollard movement, which anticipated Reformation thou
Jean Gerson’s role in the political disputes of his day, the spread of lay devotion and affective my
Peter is joined by Isabel Davis to discuss marriage, sex and chastity in Chaucer, focusing on the Wi
Medieval attitudes towards homosexuality, sex and chastity, and the status of women. Authors discuss
Philosophical themes in Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” and “Troilus and Criseyde,” as well as Langland
Julian of Norwich’s Shewings and the Cloud of Unknowing lay out challenging paths to knowledge of, a
Martin Pickavé returns to the podcast to talk about theories of the emotions in Aquinas, Scotus and
Be surprised by how many philosophical problems arise in connection with angels (how many can dance
Dietrich of Freiberg, Berthold of Moosburg, John Tauler and Henry Suso explore Neoplatonism and myst
The scholastic and mystic Meister Eckhart sets out his daring speculations about God and humankind i
Changing ideas about money, just price, and usury, up to the time of Buridan, Oresme, and Gregory of
The medievals were too firm in their beliefs to entertain skeptical worries, right? Don't be so sure
The debate between Nicholas of Autrecourt and John Buridan on whether it is possible to achieve cert
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 knowledg
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 impetu
Bradwardine and other thinkers based at Oxford make breakthroughs in physics by applying mathematics
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 paradox
