HoP 257 - Martin Pickave on Henry of Ghent and Freedom
An interview with Martin Pickavé on voluntarism in Henry of Ghent.
Episodes
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
Episodes
HoP 256 - Frequently Asked Questions - Henry of Ghent
Henry of Ghent, now little known but a leading scholastic in the late 13th century, makes influential proposals on all the debates of his time.
HoP 255 - Andreas Speer on Medieval Aesthetics
Does medieval art tell us anything about medieval theories of aesthetics? Peter finds out from Andreas Speer.
HoP 254 - Love, Reign Over Me - The Romance of the Rose
Sex, reason, and religion in Jean de Meun’s completion of an allegory of courtly love, the Roman de la Rose.
HoP 253 - Let Me Count the Ways - Speculative Grammar
The “modistae” explore the links between language, the mind, and reality.
HoP 252 - Neverending Story - the Eternity of the World
Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the so-called “Latin Averroists” take up the question of whether the universe has always existed, and settle once and for all which comes first, the chicken or the egg.
HoP 251 - Masters of the University - “Latin Averroism"
Did Siger of Brabant and Boethius of Dacia, who have been called “Latin Averroists” and “radical Aristotelians,” really embrace a doctrine of “double truth”?
HoP 250 - Q&A
Peter answers listener questions on the nature of philosophy and the podcast series.
HoP 249 - Paris When it Sizzles - the Condemnations
Two rounds of condemnations at Paris declare certain philosophical teachings as heretical. But what were the long term effects?
HoP 248 - Scott MacDonald on Aquinas
Scott MacDonald joins Peter to discuss Thomas Aquinas' views on human knowledge.
HoP 247 - Onward, Christian Soldiers - Just War Theory
Aquinas follows medieval legal thinkers in defining the conditions under which war may be justified, and proposes his famous doctrine of double effect.
HoP 246 - What Pleases the Prince - The Rule of Law
Natural law and political legitimacy in thirteenth century thinkers up to and including Thomas Aquinas.
HoP 245 - What Comes Naturally - Ethics in Albert and Aquinas
Natural and supernatural virtue and happiness in Thomas Aquinas and his teacher, Albert the Great.
HoP 244 - Everybody Needs Some Body - Aquinas on Soul and Knowledge
Thomas Aquinas makes controversial claims concerning the unity of the soul and the empirical basis of human knowledge.
HoP 243 - The Ox Heard Round the World - Thomas Aquinas
An introduction to Thomas Aquinas, his views on faith and reason, and his famous “five ways” of proving God’s existence.
HoP 242 - Therese Cory on Self-Awareness in Albert and Aquinas
Therese Cory tells Peter what Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas thought about self-awareness.
HoP 241 - The Shadow Knows - Albert the Great’s Metaphysics
Albert the Great’s theory of being and his attempt to explain what changes in the human mind when we come to see God in the afterlife.
HoP 240 - Animal, Vegetable, Mineral - Albert the Great’s Natural Philosophy
Albert the Great earns his nickname “universal doctor” by devoting himself to the whole of nature, from geology and botany to the study of human nature.
HoP 239 - Catarina Dutilh Novaes on Medieval Logic
Was medieval logic "formal"? Peter finds out from Catarina Dutilh Novaes.
HoP 238 - Binding Arbitration - Robert Kilwardby
Robert Kilwardby is infamous for his ban on teaching certain philosophical ideas at Oxford, yet made contributions in logic and on the soul.
HoP 237 - Begin the Beguine - Hadewijch and Mechthild of Magdeburg
Two Beguine authors, Hadewijch and Mechthild of Magdeburg, deploy the tropes of courtly love in vernacular writings about their mystical experiences.
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HoP 236 - None for Me, Thanks - Franciscan Poverty
Bonaventure and Peter Olivi respond to critics of the Franciscan vow of poverty, in a debate which produced new ideas about economics and rights.
HoP 235 - Juhana Toivanen on Animals in Medieval Philosophy
Medieval ideas about what animals do and do not have in common with humans, and how we should treat them.
HoP 234 - Your Attention Please - Peter Olivi
Peter Olivi proposes that awareness occurs not through passively being affected by things, but by actively paying attention to them.
HoP 233 - Stairway to Heaven - Bonaventure
Bonaventure argues that human knowledge depends on an illumination from God.
HoP 232 - Charles Burnett on Magic
Charles Burnett tells Peter about the role of magic in medieval intellectual life.
HoP 231 - Origin of Species - Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon extols the power of science based on experience and uses a general theory of "species" to explain light and vision.
HoP 230 - A Light That Never Goes Out - Robert Grosseteste
Translator, scientist and theologian Robert Grosseteste sheds light on the cosmos, human understanding, and the rainbow.
HoP 229 - Do the Right Thing - Thirteenth Century Ethics
The scholastics explore Aristotle’s ethical teaching and the concept of moral conscience.