HoP 274 - Susan Brower-Toland on Ockham's Philosophy of Mind

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HoP 274 - Susan Brower-Toland on Ockham's Philosophy of Mind

FromHistory of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Mar 26, 2017

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An interview with Susan Brower-Toland covering Ockham's views on cognition, consciousness, and memory.

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Mar 26, 2017

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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.net

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HoP 008 - You Can't Get There From Here - Zeno And Melissus: Zeno's paradoxes and Melissus develop the Eleatic philosophy by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 017 - Raphael Woolf on Socrates: Raphael Woolf discusses Socrates as presented by Plato by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 002 - Infinity and Beyond - Anaximander and Anaximenes: Two early Pre-Socratics claim that the world is made of air, and the infinite by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 033 - Last Judgments - Plato, Poetry and Myth: Plato's attack on the poets and his own use of myth in the Republic and other dialogues by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 028 - Fiona Leigh on Plato's Sophist: Fiona Leigh discusses Plato's revised theory of Forms in the Sophist by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
25 min listen
HoP 003 - Created In Our Image - Xenophanes Against Greek Religion: The gods in Homer and Hesiod, and the critique of Xenophanes by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
19 min listen
HoP 010 - Mind Over Mixture - Anaxagoras: Is everything mixed with everything? Anaxagoras on Mind and the cosmos by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
19 min listen
HoP 021 - We Don't Need No Education - Plato's Meno: The Meno and Plato's theory of recollection by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 075 - The Joy of Sects - Ancient Medicine and Philosophy: Hellenistic doctors discover the nerves and argue about method; Galen passes judgment by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 038 - Down To Earth - Aristotle on Substance: Aristotle's critique of Platonic Forms and defense of his own metaphysics by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
21 min listen
HoP 011 - All You Need Is Love, and Five Other Things - Empedocles: Love, Strife and the four elements in Empedocles by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 062 - We Didn’t Start the Fire - the Stoics on Nature: The Stoic cosmos: suffused with divinity, surrounded by void, and endlessly repeating by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
21 min listen
HoP 032 - Frisbee Sheffield on Platonic Love: Frisbee Sheffield discusses Plato's erotic dialogues, including the Symposium by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 020 - Virtue Meets Its Match - Plato's Gorgias: Ethics against immoralism in a Socratic masterpiece. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 014 - Making the Weaker Argument the Stronger - the Sophists: Rhetoric and relativism in Protagoras, Gorgias and other sophists by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 072 - Raphael Woolf on Cicero: Peter discusses Cicero's method and philosophical allegiances with Raphael Woolf by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 012 - Malcolm Schofield on the Presocratics: Malcolm Schofield on Heraclitus, Parmenides and other early Greek philosophers by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 015 - Socrates without Plato - the Portrayals of Aristophanes and Xenophon: Socrates according to the comic poet Aristophanes and the historian Xenophon by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 105 - Naming the Nameless - the Pseudo-Dionysius: A mysterious author calling himself Dionysius fuses Neoplatonism with Christianity by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 024 - Famous Last Words - Plato's Phaedo: Forms and the immortality of the soul in the Phaedo by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 040 - Let's Get Physical - Aristotle's Natural Philosophy: Aristotle's Physics explains change, time and place with the help of his actuality/potentiality distinction by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 111 - Papa Don't Teach - Augustine on Language: Augustine argues that words are signs, but not signs that can bring us to knowledge. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 082 - Lost and Found – Aristotelianism after Aristotle: Peter looks at the history of Aristotelianism up the time of the Roman Empire and the beginning of commentaries on his works by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
23 min listen
HoP 042 - Soul Power - Aristotle's De Anima: Aristotle's theory of soul: its functions and how it relates to the body by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
21 min listen
HoP 030 - A Likely Story - Plato's Timaeus: A divine craftsman makes the cosmos from triangles in Plato's Timaeus by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
21 min listen
HoP 037 - Hugh Benson on Aristotelian Method: Hugh Benson discusses Aristotle's ideas about arriving at knowledge by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 054 - Instant Gratification - the Cyrenaics: The Cyrenaics, the ultimate pleasure seekers of ancient philosophy by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
21 min listen
HoP 084 - Silver Tongues in Golden Mouths - Rhetoric and Ancient Philosophy: Themistius, Quintilian, Lucian and other authors tell us about the connections between rhetoric and late ancient philosophy by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
24 min listen
HoP 055 - The Constant Gardener - Epicurus and his Principles: Epicurus sets out an empiricist theory of knowledge and atomist physics, in support of hedonism by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 041 - Richard Sorabji on Time and Eternity in Aristotle: Richard Sorabji discusses time, eternity and mosquitos in Aristotle's Physics by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
26 min listen

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HoP 443 - Marketplace of Letters - Iberian Humanism: Fray Luis de Leon, Antonio Nebrija, Beatriz Galindo and other scholars bring the Renaissance to Spain. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 442 - Scott Williams on Disability and the New World: In this interview we learn about the main issues in modern-day philosophy of disability, and the relevance of this topic for the European encounter with the Americas. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 441 - Lambs to the Slaughter - Debating the New World: 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. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 440 - Longitudinal Studies - Exploration and Science: Iberian expeditions to the Americas inspire scientists, and Matteo Ricci’s religious mission to Asia becomes an encounter between European and Chinese philosophy. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 439 - Cancel Culture - The Inquisition: How religious persecution and censorship shaped the context of philosophy in Catholic Europe in the sixteenth century. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 438 - Don't Give Up Pope - Catholic Reformation: How the Counter-Reformation or Catholic Reformation created a context for philosophy among Catholics, especially in Spain, Portugal, and Italy. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 437 - Jennifer Rampling on Renaissance Alchemy: An expert on Renaissance alchemy tells us how this art related to philosophy at the time... and how she has tried to reproduce its results! by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 436 - Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores - Robert Fludd: Our last figure of the English Renaissance undertakes daring investigations of chemistry, medicine, agriculture, and cosmology – and gets accused of magic and Rosicrucianism. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 435 - Metal More Attractive - William Gilbert and Magnetism: The cosmological and methodological implications of breakthroughs in the understanding of magnetism and electricity at the turn of the 17th century. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 434 - The Eye Sees Not Itself But By Reflection - Theories of Vision: Changing ideas about eyesight, light, mirror images, and refraction – and the skeptical worries they may have inspired. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 433 - Nature’s Mystery - Science in Renaissance England: How scientists of the Elizabethan age anticipated the discoveries and methods of the Enlightenment (without necessarily publishing them). by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 432 - If This Be Magic, Let It Be an Art - John Dee: Science, intrigue, exploration, angelic seances! It's the life and thought of Elizabethan mathematician and magician John Dee. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 431 - Calvin Normore on Scholasticism: A discussion of the history and philosophical significance of scholasticism from medieval times to early modernity, and even today. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 430 - I’ll Teach You Differences - British Scholasticism: The evolution of Aristotelian philosophy from John Mair in the late 15th century to John Case in the late 16th century. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 429 - She Uttereth Piercing Eloquence - Women’s Spiritual Literature: How women’s writing in England changed from the early fifteenth century, the time of Margery Kempe, to the late sixteenth century, the time of Anne Lock. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 428 - Weird Sisters - Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Witchcraft: How Macbeth reflects the anxieties and explanations surrounding witchcraft and witch-hunting in early modern Europe. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 427 - Brave New World - Shakespeare’s Tempest and Colonialism: Can Shakespeare’s Tempest be read as a reflection on the English encounter with the peoples of the Americas? by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 426 - A Face Without a Heart - Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Individualism: How the Renaissance turn towards individual identity is reflected in Shakespeare's most famous play. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 425 - Patrick Gray on Shakespeare: We're joined by Patrick Gray to discuss Shakespeare's knowledge of philosophy, his ethics, and his influence on such thinkers as Hegel. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 424 - Hast Any Philosophy In Thee? - William Shakespeare: How should we approach Shakespeare’s plays as philosophical texts? We take as examples skepticism and politics in Othello, King Lear, and Julius Caesar. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 423 - Heaven-Bred Poesy - Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser: We begin to look at Elizabethan literature, as Sidney argues that poetry is superior to philosophy, and philosophy is put to use in Spenser’s "Fairie Queene". by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 422 - The World’s Law - Richard Hooker: Richard Hooker defends the religious and political settlement of Elizabethan England using rational arguments and appeals to the natural law. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 421 - With Such Perfection Govern - English Political Thought: The evolution of ideas about kingship and the role of the “three estates” in 15th and 16th century England, with a focus on John Fortescue and Thomas Starkey. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 420 - No Place Will Please Me So - Thomas More by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 419 - Write Till Your Ink Be Dry - Humanism in Britain: Humanism comes to England and Scotland, leading scholars like Thomas Eylot and Andrew Melville to rethink philosophical education. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 418 - Diarmaid MacCulloch on the British Reformations: A leading expert on the history of the Reformation joins us to explain the very different stories of England and Scotland in the 16th century. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 417 - To Kill a King - The Scottish Reformation: John Knox polemicizes against idolaters and female rulers, while the humanist George Buchanan argues more calmly for equally radical political conclusions. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 416 - God’s is the Quarrel - The English Reformation: The historical context of English philosophy in the sixteenth century, with particular focus on Thomas Cranmer, and the role of religion in personal conscience and social cohesion. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 415 - The Tenth Muse - Marie de Gournay: Marie le Jars de Gourney, the “adoptive daughter” of Montaigne, lays claim to his legacy and argues for the equality of the sexes. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 414 - Henrik Lagerlund on Renaissance Skepticism: No doubt that we're in good hands with interview guest Henrik Lagerlund, who brings his expertise in the history of skepticism to bear on the French Renaissance. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 274 - Susan Brower-Toland on Ockham's Philosophy of Mind

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