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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 listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps". www.historyofphilosophy.net

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21:30

HoP 480 Honorable Ignorance: French Skepticism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2025/11/16

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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33:57

HoP 479 Gideon Manning on Cartesian Medicine

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2025/11/02

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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24:16

HoP 478 This Gland Is Your Gland: Cartesian Science

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2025/10/19

From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.

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20:44

HoP 477 The Mind Has No Sex: Cartesianism and Gender

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2025/10/05

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.

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26:07

HoP 476 What He Should Have Said: the Early Cartesians

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2025/09/21

Early Cartesians including Cordemoy and de La Forge develop but also challenge Descartes’ ideas, defending atomism and occasionalism.

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34:33

HoP 475 Ariane Schneck on Elisabeth and Descartes

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2025/09/07

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.

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19:20

HoP 474 States of the Union: Descartes on the Passions

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2025/07/20

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.

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21:44

HoP 473 As Rational As You: Elisabeth of Bohemia

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2025/07/06

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.

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20:31

HoP 472 Less Cheer, More Knowledge: Descartes’ Ethics

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2025/06/22

Descartes’ “provisional” morality and his views on free will and virtue.

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21:51

HoP 471 Unclear and Indistinct Ideas: Debating the...

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2025/06/08

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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36:09

HoP 470 Gary Hatfield on Descartes' Meditations

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2025/05/25

We're joined in this episode by a leading expert on one of the most famous works of philosophy ever written: Descartes' Meditations.

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24:30

HoP 469 Ghost in the Machine: Cartesian Dualism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2025/05/11

The word “Cartesian” is synonymous with a radical contrast between mind and body. What led Descartes to his dualism, and how can he explain vital activities in humans and animals having rejected the Aristotelian theory of soul?

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29:29

HoP 468 Perchance to Dream: Descartes’ Skeptical Method

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2025/04/27

How Descartes fashioned a “method” to repel even the strongest and most radical forms of doubt, with the cogito argument as its foundation.

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27:32

HoP 467 Written in Mathematics: Descartes’ Physics

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2025/04/13

For Descartes body is purely geometrical. So how does he understand features we can perceive, like color, and causation between bodies?

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20:13

HoP 466 Well Hidden: Descartes’ Life and Works

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2025/03/30

How René Descartes’ understanding of his own intellectual project evolved across his lifetime.

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27:02

HoP 465 Modern Times: France and the Netherlands in...

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2025/03/16

A look at the political and religious ferment that made up the historical context of philosophy in 17th century France and the Netherlands.

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42:14

HoP 464 Howard Hotson on the Republic of Letters

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2025/03/02

In this interview we learn more about the Republic of Letters: its importance for the history of ideas, it geographic breadth, who was involved, and the contributions of figures including Leibniz and Hartlib.

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23:36

HoP 463 Doctors without Borders: the Republic of Letters

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2025/02/16

How scholars around Europe created an international network of intellectual exchange. As examples we consider the activities of Mersenne, Peiresc, Leibniz, Calvet, and Hartlib.

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36:34

HoP 462 Freedom to Philosophize: Introduction to...

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2025/02/02

What is Enlightenment, anyway?

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43:04

HoP 461 - Eileen Reeves on Galileo and the Telescope

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2025/01/19

We finish our look at philosophy in the Reformation era with an interview about Galileo's use of a revolutionary technology: the telescope.

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