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Back to SearchHoP 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 10 months, 1 week 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 10 months, 3 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 11 months, 1 week 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 11 months, 3 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 1 year ago
HoP 455 - Tom Pink on Francisco Suárez
Episode 458
We're joined by Tom Pink, who tells us about Suárez on ethics, law, religion, and the state.
Published on 1 year ago
HoP 454 - By Appointment Only - Political Philosophy in the Second Scholastic
Episode 455
Suárez and other Iberian scholastics ask where political power comes from and under what circumstances it is exercised legitimately.
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
HoP 453 - The Price is Right - Law and Economics in the Second Scholastic
Episode 454
Vitoria, Molina, Suárez and others develop the idea of natural law, exploring its relevance for topics including international law, slavery, and the ethics of economic exchange.
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
HoP 452 - Better Than Nothing - Metaphysics in the Second Scholastic
Episode 453
Did the metaphysics of Francisco Suárez mark a shift from traditional scholasticism to early modern philosophy?
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
HoP 451 - Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’ve - Free Will in the Second Scholastic
Episode 452
What was Luis de Molina trying to say about human free will with his doctrine of “middle knowledge,” and why did it provoke such controversy?
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago