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History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

By: Peter Adamson
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 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.netCopyright 2014 . All rights reserved. Philosophy Social Sciences
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  • HoP 470 Gary Hatfield on Descartes' Meditations

    HoP 470 Gary Hatfield on Descartes' Meditations
    May 25 2025

    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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    36 mins
  • HoP 469 Ghost in the Machine: Cartesian Dualism

    HoP 469 Ghost in the Machine: Cartesian Dualism
    May 11 2025

    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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    25 mins
  • HoP 468 Perchance to Dream: Descartes’ Skeptical Method

    HoP 468 Perchance to Dream: Descartes’ Skeptical Method
    Apr 27 2025

    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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    29 mins
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a great effort by Adamson who is surprisingly successful at offering summaries of a huge range of ideas.
don't miss his companion podcasts on Indian and Africana philosophies.

a common treasury for all

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Philosophy is a topic I can't just dive into the source material and experience and understand like some other topics, and this podcast has been a long favorite of mine. Peter Adamson covers well known and less well known philosophers and philosophies with humor and grace, talking to topic experts and covering them in an easy to understand way. Don't go into it expecting just to look at the big names, but if you're interested in the topic this is a great place to start where you can find more places to dig in deeper if you find interesting people/ideas.

Really without any gaps

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