Podcast Episodes

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.

1 year, 2 months ago

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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 …

1 year, 3 months ago

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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?

1 year, 3 months ago

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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?

1 year, 4 months ago

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HoP 450 - Depicting What Cannot Be Depicted - Philosophy and Two Renaissance Artworks

Episode 451

To celebrate reaching 450 episodes, Peter looks at the philosophical resonance of two famous artworks from the turn of the 16th century: Dürer’s Self…

1 year, 5 months ago

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HoP 449 - Anna Tropia on Jesuit Philosophy

Episode 450

We learn from Anna Tropia how Jesuit philosophy of mind broke new ground in the scholastic tradition.

1 year, 6 months ago

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HoP 448 - Secondary Schools - Iberian Scholasticism

Episode 449

The “School of Salamanca,” founded by Francisco Vitoria, and the commentators of Coimbra are at the center of a movement sometimes called the “Second…

1 year, 6 months ago

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HoP 447 - Andrés Messmer on Spanish Protestantism

Episode 448

Yes, there were Spanish Protestants! Andrew (Andrés) Messmer joins us to explain how they drew on humanism and philosophy to argue for their religiou…

1 year, 7 months ago

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HoP 446 - Not Doubting Thomas - the Aquinas Revival

Episode 447

Cajetan, Bañez and other thinkers make Aquinas a central figure of Counter-Reformation thought; we focus on their theories about analogy and the soul…

1 year, 7 months ago

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HoP 445 - Band of Brothers - the Jesuits

Episode 446

Ignatius of Loyola’s movement begins modestly, but winds up having a global impact on education and philosophy.

1 year, 8 months ago

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