HoP 462 Freedom to Philosophize: Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy

HoP 462 Freedom to Philosophize: Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy

Author: Peter Adamson February 2, 2025 Duration: 36:34

What is Enlightenment, anyway?


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.” The series looks at the ideas, lives and historical context of the major philosophers as well as the lesser-known figures of the tradition. www.historyofphilosophy.net. NOTE: iTunes shows only the most recent 300 episodes; subscribe on iTunes or go to a different platform for the whole series.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 497

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
Podcast Episodes
HoP 448 - Secondary Schools - Iberian Scholasticism [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:01
The “School of Salamanca,” founded by Francisco Vitoria, and the commentators of Coimbra are at the center of a movement sometimes called the “Second Scholastic.”
HoP 447 - Andrés Messmer on Spanish Protestantism [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:04
Yes, there were Spanish Protestants! Andrew (Andrés) Messmer joins us to explain how they drew on humanism and philosophy to argue for their religious agenda.
HoP 446 - Not Doubting Thomas - the Aquinas Revival [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:20
Cajetan, Bañez and other thinkers make Aquinas a central figure of Counter-Reformation thought; we focus on their theories about analogy and the soul.
HoP 445 - Band of Brothers - the Jesuits [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:21
Ignatius of Loyola’s movement begins modestly, but winds up having a global impact on education and philosophy.
HoP 444 - The Dark Night Rises - Spanish Mysticism [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:13
Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross push the boundaries of individual spirituality and offer philosophically informed accounts of mystical experience.
HoP 441 - Lambs to the Slaughter - Debating the New World [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:54
Bartholomé De las Casas argues against opponents, like Sepúlveda, who believed that Europeans had a legal and moral right to rule over and exploit the indigenous peoples of the Americas.