History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

HoP 202 - Philosophers Anonymous - the Roots of Scholasticism 13.12.2014 22:51 ↓

Little-known authors prepare the way for scholasticism with glosses on logic, metaphysical debate, and a poem about a cat.

HoP 201 - Stephen Gersh on Medieval Platonism 05.12.2014 30:50 ↓

Stephen Gersh (who was Peter's doctoral advisor!) joins him to discuss the sources and influence of Platonism in the Middle Ages.

HoP 200 - Jill Kraye and John Marenbon on Medieval Philosophy 29.11.2014 38:53 ↓

We celebrate reaching episode 200 with a special double interview on the problem of defining medieval philosophy.

HoP 199 - Much Ado About Nothing - Eriugena's Periphyseon 22.11.2014 22:17 ↓

Eriugena delves into the Greek tradition to produce his masterpiece of metaphysics and theology, the Periphyseon.

HoP 198 - Grace Notes - Eriugena and the Predestination Controversy 16.11.2014 22:09 ↓

John Scotus Eriugena debates free will with his rival Gottschalk, arguing that God predestines the saved but not the damned.

HoP 197 - Charles in Charge - The Carolingian Renaissance 09.11.2014 20:57 ↓

Alcuin leads a resurgence of interest in philosophy and the liberal arts at the court of Charlemagne.

HoP 196 - Arts of Darkness - Introduction to Medieval Philosophy 03.11.2014 20:02 ↓

Peter launches the series of podcasts on philosophy in medieval Latin Christendom with a look ahead at what’s to come.

HoP 195 - Anke von Kügelgen on Contemporary Islamic Thought 26.10.2014 44:12 ↓

Anke von Kügelgen joins Peter to discuss developments over the last century or so, including attitudes towards past thinkers like Avicenna, Averroes and Ibn Taymiyya.

HoP 194 - Iran So Far - After Ṣadrā 19.10.2014 22:45 ↓

From Sabzawārī in the 19th century to Seyyed Hossein Nasr today, Iranian thinkers promote and respond to the thought of Mullā Ṣadrā.

HoP 193 - All for One and One for All - Muḥammad 'Abdūh and Muḥammad Iqbāl 12.10.2014 23:13 ↓

Muḥammad 'Abdūh and Muḥammad Iqbāl challenge colonialism and the traditional religious scholars of Islam.

HoP 192 - The Stronger Sex - Women Scholars and Islam 06.10.2014 22:41 ↓

Fatema Mernissi and others challenge the long-standing (but not complete) exclusion of women from the intellectual traditions of Islam.

HoP 191 - The Young Ones: Encounters with European Thought 03.10.2014 24:43 ↓

18th and 19th century intellectuals in India and the Ottoman empire, from Shāh Walī Allāh to the Young Turks, continue Islamic traditions and grapple with European science.

HoP 190 - Turkish Delights - Philosophy under the Ottomans 24.08.2014 22:15 ↓

Kātib Çelebi defends cigarettes and coffee, in just one of several philosophical and religious debates in the Ottoman empire.

HoP 189 - Subcontinental Drift - Philosophy in Islamic India 17.08.2014 23:55 ↓

Ideas spread to Mughal India from Iran, and prince Dārā Shikūh seeks to unite the wisdom of the Upanishads with the Koran.

HoP 188 - Sajjad Rizvi on Mulla Sadra 10.08.2014 30:27 ↓

Sajjad Rizvi talks to Peter about Mullā Ṣadrā's views on eternity, God's knowledge and the afterlife.

HoP 187 - Return to Sender - Mulla Sadra on Motion and Knowledge 03.08.2014 21:21 ↓

Mullā Ṣadrā proposes that all things are like sharks: in constant motion.

HoP 186 - To Be, Continued - Mulla Sadra on Existence 27.07.2014 22:08 ↓

Mullā Ṣadrā, greatest thinker of early modern Iran, unveils his radical new understanding of existence.

HoP 185 - Follow the Leader - Philosophy under the Safavids 20.07.2014 24:23 ↓

Philosophy in Safavid Iran, and a look back at earlier philosophy among Shiites.

HoP 184 - Robert Wisnovsky on Commentary Culture 13.07.2014 30:28 ↓

Robert Wisnovsky joins Peter to discuss the enormous body of unstudied philosophical commentaries in the later Eastern Islamic world.

HoP 183 - Family Feud - Philosophy at Shiraz 06.07.2014 22:09 ↓

The roots of the Safavid philosophical tradition in some rather ill-tempered debates at Shīrāz.

HoP 182 - Aftermath - Philosophy and Science in the Mongol Age 29.06.2014 21:44 ↓

Philosophy and science survive and even thrive through the coming of the Mongols.

HoP 181 - By the Book - Ibn Taymiyya 22.06.2014 21:13 ↓

The controversial jurist Ibn Taymiyya sets forth an originalist theory of law and a searching criticism of the philosophers’ logic.

HoP 180 - Proof Positive - The Logical Tradition 16.06.2014 22:33 ↓

Later Islamic logicians try to solve the Liar Paradox and take on the advances of Avicenna's logic.

HoP 179 - Mohammed Rustom on Philosophical Sufism 08.06.2014 37:26 ↓

Peter is joined by Mohammed Rustom in a discussion about Sufi authors including Ibn 'Arabī and Rūmī

HoP 178 - Eyes Wide Shut - Rumi and Philosophical Sufism 01.06.2014 22:36 ↓

The Persian poet Rūmī and mystical philosopher al-Qūnawī carry on the legacy of Sufism.