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PODCAST

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Peter Adamson teams up with Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers, and Karyn Lai to represent the philosophical traditions of ancient India, Africa and the African diaspora, and classical China. Website: www.historyofphilosophy.net.

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20:30

HPC 19. The Kingly Way: Confucian Political Philosophy

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/12/15

Mengzi and Xunzi show that a Confucian political theory need not be idealistic.

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29:42

HPC 18. Erica Brindley on Music and the Cosmos in...

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/12/01

An interview about the "resonant cosmos" in early Confucianism, and the role played by music in linking sages to the universe.

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18:24

HPC 17. Knowing Me, Knowing You: Confucian Epistemology

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/11/17

The role of knowing in Confucian ethics: should it be understood as “knowing how,” or even “knowing to,” rather than “knowing that”?

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24:01

HPC 16. To Become or Not to Become: the Confucians on...

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/11/03

Morality is what makes us humans, for the Confucians. But does morality come from inside us, outside us, or both?

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22:00

HPC 15. Flexing Your Moral Muscles: Xunzi on Moral...

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/10/20

Xunzi, a thinker who shaped the course of Confucian philosophy by showing how deliberate effort can overcome our wicked natural tendencies.

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21:18

HPC 014. Every Man for Himself: Virtue and the Body

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/10/06

Several ancient Chinese texts speak of an egoist and hedonist known as Yang Zhu: did he pose a coherent challenge to the Confucians and other ethicists?

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22:29

HPC 013. The Trembling Ox: Mengzi and the...

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/09/22

In the Mengzi, the text that bears his name, Mengzi ("Mencius") holds that the human heart-mind is the wellspring of goodness.

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26:18

HPC 12. Gentlemen’s Agreement: Confucian Virtue Ethics

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/09/08

Should the remarkable parallels between Aristotelian and Confucian ethics lead us to classify Confucianism as a type of “virtue ethics”?

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32:16

HPC 011. Mark Csikszentmihalyi on Early Confucianism

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/07/28

In this interview, we learn how Kongzi become the pivotal sage of early Chinese history, and what new discoveries teach us about the Confucian tradition.

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20:57

HPC 10. We’re a Pack Animal: Individual and Society...

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/07/14

What does the Analects say about living as a human being? How are individuals embedded in society, and how do they develop their unique identities?

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25:55

HPC 09. Family Values: Confucian Role Ethics

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/06/30

Confucianism puts relationships with family members at the core of their ethical thinking. Is this a strength or a weakness?

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25:05

HPC 08. Confucius Says: Reading the Analects

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/06/16

Lessons we can take from the teachings of Kongzi (Confucius) in the Analects: challenging authorities, adhering to “benevolence (ren),” and practicing “propriety (li)” in ritual and everyday life.

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24:25

HPC 07. Uncrowned King: Kongzi (Confucius) and the...

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/06/02

An introduction to Kongzi, the founder of Confucianism, and to the text that has come to represent his thought, the Lunyu (Analects).

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35:43

HPC 06. Franklin Perkins on Excavated Texts

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/05/19

In this interview, we learn how newly discovered texts are changing our understanding of Warring States period philosophy.

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17:24

HPC 05. Going Paperless: Ancient Chinese Texts

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/05/05

What were ancient Chinese philosophical texts written on? How did writing relate to orally transmitted wisdom? How were texts read and used? And what even counted as a “text” in ancient China?

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24:06

HPC 04. Open Season: the Historical Context

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/04/21

The historical context of classical Chinese philosophy, and how ancient Chinese historical works themselves became works of philosophy.

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36:16

HPC 03. Karyn Lai on Classical Chinese Philosophy

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/04/07

Co-host Karyn introduces herself to the listeners and talks about the challenges of tackling classical Chinese philosophical texts.

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26:29

HPC 02. The Only Constant: Change and the "Yi Jing"

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/03/24

Early Chinese philosophers were deeply aware of a world that is constantly changing: we look at how Confucians, Legalists, and Daoists responded to this challenge.

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20:16

HPC 01. Journey of a Thousand Li: Introduction to...

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China ·

2024/03/10

Introducing Chinese philosophy through the concept of "dao," a fundamental word in classical Chinese philosophy, with a range of meanings across its different traditions.

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