The Ancient Philosophy Podcast

In this episode, I speak with Jacob Stump about the Stoic view of emotions. We spend the second half of the interview discussing some objections to and problems with the Stoic view. Host: Doug Campbell, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Alma College. Interviewee: Jacob Stump, Associate Teaching Professor in the Philosophy Department at Northeastern University. Check out Jac...

This episode is about the (very) deep-seated tendency of ancient Greek intellectuals to avoid human dissection. While there was an exception to this tendency in the early Hellenistic period (which I shall discuss in a later episode), the avoidance of human dissection is almost total and universal throughout antiquity, and I cover the most important reasons why this was so. I am an Assistant Profes...

This episode is about ancient astrology, especially the form defended by Ptolemy in the Tetrabiblos. Host: Doug Campbell, Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Alma College. You can subscribe to The Ancient Philosophy Podcast on all major podcast platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcast, etc.), as well as on YouTube. I have a Substack: platosfishtrap.substack.com. You can show your suppo...

This episode is about Plato's allegory of the cave from the seventh book of the Republic. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Alma College. You can subscribe to The Ancient Philosophy Podcast on all major podcast platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcast, etc.), as well as on YouTube. I have a Substack: platosfishtrap.substack.com. You can show your support at: https://buymeacof...

This episode is about a complicated Buddhist argument for the theory of no-self. The particular argument I explore is called the controller argument. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Alma College. You can subscribe to The Ancient Philosophy Podcast on all major podcast platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcast, etc.), as well as on YouTube. I have a Substack: platosfishtrap.s...

This episode is about the way that ancient Greek intellectuals believed that dreams were sometimes reliable sources of information about what was going on in the body. I focus on On Regimen IV in particular, an anonymous medical text from the 5th century BC. Host: Doug Campbell, Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Alma College. You can subscribe to The Ancient Philosophy Podcast...

This episode is about a crucial distinction that Aristotle draws between intellectual and character virtues in the Nicomachean Ethics. Host: I am Doug Campbell, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Alma College. You can subscribe to The Ancient Philosophy Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcast, too. I have a Substack: platosfishtrap.substack.com. You can show your support at: ht...

In this episode, I speak with Rachel O'Keefe about Plotinus' metaphysical system, especially the view of the hypostases that he develops in Enneads V.1. We begin the episode by discussing who Plotinus was. Host: Doug Campbell, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Alma College. Interviewee: Rachel O'Keefe, who teaches and works at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada....

This episode is about how Galileo used the then-recent invention of the telescope to refute ancient and long-standing views about the cosmos. In the process, he got in trouble with the Vatican. Host: Doug Campbell, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Alma College. You can subscribe to The Ancient Philosophy Podcast wherever you download podcasts. There is a YouTube channel av...

This episode is about what the Stoics thought philosophy was. Host: Doug Campbell, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Alma College. You can subscribe to The Ancient Philosophy Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcast. There is a YouTube channel available with video episodes. I have a Substack: platosfishtrap.substack.com. You can show your support at: https://buymeacoffee.com/an...