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Back to SearchHoP 470 Gary Hatfield on Descartes' Meditations
Episode 471
We're joined in this episode by a leading expert on one of the most famous works of philosophy ever written: Descartes' Meditations.
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
HoP 469 Ghost in the Machine: Cartesian Dualism
Episode 468
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 …
Published on 6 months ago
HoP 468 Perchance to Dream: Descartes’ Skeptical Method
Episode 470
How Descartes fashioned a “method” to repel even the strongest and most radical forms of doubt, with the cogito argument as its foundation.
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
HoP 467 Written in Mathematics: Descartes’ Physics
Episode 469
For Descartes body is purely geometrical. So how does he understand features we can perceive, like color, and causation between bodies?
Published on 7 months ago
HoP 466 Well Hidden: Descartes’ Life and Works
Episode 467
How René Descartes’ understanding of his own intellectual project evolved across his lifetime.
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
HoP 465 Modern Times: France and the Netherlands in the 17th Century
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 8 months 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 8 months, 2 weeks 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 9 months ago
HoP 462 Freedom to Philosophize: Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy
Episode 463
What is Enlightenment, anyway?
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks 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 9 months, 4 weeks ago