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History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes list

Episodes

Total: 479

An interview with Martin Pickavé on voluntarism in Henry of Ghent.

Henry of Ghent, now little known but a leading scholastic in the late 13th century, makes influentia

Does medieval art tell us anything about medieval theories of aesthetics? Peter finds out from Andre

Sex, reason, and religion in Jean de Meun’s completion of an allegory of courtly love, the Roman de

The “modistae” explore the links between language, the mind, and reality.

Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the so-called “Latin Averroists” take up the question of whether the unive

Did Siger of Brabant and Boethius of Dacia, who have been called “Latin Averroists” and “radical Ari

HoP 250 - Q&A

2016/3/27

Peter answers listener questions on the nature of philosophy and the podcast series.

Two rounds of condemnations at Paris declare certain philosophical teachings as heretical. But what

Scott MacDonald joins Peter to discuss Thomas Aquinas' views on human knowledge.

Aquinas follows medieval legal thinkers in defining the conditions under which war may be justified,

Natural law and political legitimacy in thirteenth century thinkers up to and including Thomas Aquin

Natural and supernatural virtue and happiness in Thomas Aquinas and his teacher, Albert the Great.

Thomas Aquinas makes controversial claims concerning the unity of the soul and the empirical basis o

An introduction to Thomas Aquinas, his views on faith and reason, and his famous “five ways” of prov

Therese Cory tells Peter what Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas thought about self-awareness.

Albert the Great’s theory of being and his attempt to explain what changes in the human mind when we

Albert the Great earns his nickname “universal doctor” by devoting himself to the whole of nature, f

Was medieval logic "formal"? Peter finds out from Catarina Dutilh Novaes.

Robert Kilwardby is infamous for his ban on teaching certain philosophical ideas at Oxford, yet made