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Episode 465
A look at the political and religious ferment that made up the historical context of philosophy in 17th century France and the Netherlands.
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
HoP 464 Howard Hotson on the Republic of Letters
Episode 466
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…
Published on 6 months ago
HoP 463 Doctors without Borders: the Republic of Letters
Episode 464
How scholars around Europe created an international network of intellectual exchange. As examples we consider the activities of Mersenne, Peiresc, Leibniz, Calvet, and Hartlib.
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
HoP 462 Freedom to Philosophize: Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy
Episode 463
What is Enlightenment, anyway?
Published on 7 months ago
HoP 461 - Eileen Reeves on Galileo and the Telescope
Episode 462
We finish our look at philosophy in the Reformation era with an interview about Galileo's use of a revolutionary technology: the telescope.
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
HoP 460 - Trial and Error - Galileo and the Inquisition
Episode 461
The philosophical issues at the heart of the notorious condemnation of Galileo and Copernican astronomy.
Published on 8 months ago
HoP 459 - Cardinal Rule - Robert Bellarmine
Episode 460
Though most famous for his role in persecuting Galileo, Robert Bellarmine was a central figure of the Counter-Reformation, especially in his political thought.
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
HoP 458 - Outsider Philosophy - The Cheese and the Worms
Episode 459
Carlo Ginzburg’s innovative historical study The Cheese and the Worms looks at the ideas of an obscure 16th century miller, suggesting how popular culture might be integrated into the history of phil…
Published on 9 months ago
HoP 457 - Take Your Medicine - Oliva Sabuco and Camilla Erculiani
Episode 457
Natural philosophy and medicine in the work of two unorthodox thinkers of the late sixteenth century, both of them women.
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
HoP 456 - Touch Me With Your Madness - Cervantes’ Don Quixote
Episode 456
Why do critics consider Don Quixote the first “modern” novel, and what does it tell us about the aesthetics of fiction?
Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago