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Back to SearchHoP 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?
2 years ago
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…
2 years, 2 months ago
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.
2 years, 2 months ago
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…
2 years, 3 months ago
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…
2 years, 3 months ago
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…
2 years, 4 months ago
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.
2 years, 4 months ago
HoP 444 - The Dark Night Rises - Spanish Mysticism
Episode 445
Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross push the boundaries of individual spirituality and offer philosophically informed accounts of mystical experien…
2 years, 5 months ago
HoP 443 - Marketplace of Letters - Iberian Humanism
Episode 443
Fray Luis de Leon, Antonio Nebrija, Beatriz Galindo and other scholars bring the Renaissance to Spain.
2 years, 5 months ago
HoP 442 - Scott Williams on Disability and the New World
Episode 444
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 w…
2 years, 5 months ago