For those on the lookout for other history of philosophy podcasts, you might check out this series, which in comparison to HoPWaG is mercifully short. Covers some of the main figures since Hobbes, including Wollstonecraft, Marx, Fanon, etc.
116. Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò and Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò on CabralPosted on 22 January 2023
Two scholars of the same name join us to shed further light on freedom fighter and political theorist Amílcar Cabral.
0 comments
412. Not Matter, But Me: Michel de MontaignePosted on 15 January 2023
In his Essays Montaigne uses wit, insight, and humanist training to tackle his favorite subject: Montaigne.
3 comments
115. Weapon of Choice: Amílcar CabralPosted on 8 January 2023
Amílcar Cabral, leader of a revolution against colonialism in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, rethinks culture and Marxist theory as bases for his struggle.
7 comments
411. Pen Pals: Later French HumanismPosted on 1 January 2023
Joseph Scaliger, Isaac Casaubon, and Guillaume du Vair grapple with history and the events of their own day.
1 comments
114. Teacher Taught Me: Julius NyererePosted on 25 December 2022
The first leader of independent Tanzania grounds his socialist ideas in traditional African values.
1 comments
410. Ann Blair on Jean Bodin's Natural PhilosophyPosted on 18 December 2022
A chat with Ann Blair about the "Theater of Nature" by Jean Bodin, and other encyclopedic works of natural philosophy. (Pictured: Prof Blair holding the annotated copy of Bodin's Theatrum she describes in the episode.)
0 comments
113. A Fighting God: Black TheologyPosted on 11 December 2022
After Albert Cleage and James Cone propose a liberatory interpretation of Christianity, William R. Jones wonders whether God is a white racist. We also follow Black Theology among “Womanist” authors and in South Africa.
0 comments
409. One to Rule Them All: Jean BodinPosted on 4 December 2022
The polymath Jean Bodin produces a pioneering theory of political sovereignty along the way to defending the absolute power of the French king.
3 comments
112. Poems That Kill: the Black Arts MovementPosted on 27 November 2022
African American literature of the late 1960s reflects the Black Power movement, in the works of such authors as Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, Haki Madhubuti, Larry Neal, and Sonia Sanchez.
0 comments
- 25 July 20200 comments
- 11 July 20200 commentsHere's your big chance to have the dubious pleasure of hearing me speak in German: I was interviewed for the podcast "Erzähl mir eine Geschichte" (despite the general title it's about Islamic history) on the Arabic reception of Greek thought:
- 6 July 20200 comments
Here is a blog post I just wrote for "Daily Nous": The Margins of Philosophy, on the importance of studying "minor" figures and including them in popular philosophical projects like this podcast.
- 18 June 20200 comments
Just an announcement that I will be speaking at Intelligent Speech 2020, an online conference that brings together the best educational podcasters and their listeners, to be held online on June 27. Some key info (act now to get a cheaper ticket):
- 12 June 20200 comments
OMG the new issue of podcasting magazine Pod Bible has an interview in which the great Stephen Fry (of whom I am a huge fan, like he is literally my favorite celebrity) reports that he listens to HoPWaG. So listeners you are in excellent company! And I, to quote from Blackadder, am as excited as a particularly excitable person who has a special reason to be excited.
- 1 May 20200 comments
Here is an interview I did for "New Books in Hindu Studies" on "Classical Indian Philosophy" which is vol.5 of the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, co-authored with Jonardon Ganeri.
- 30 March 20200 comments
Looking forward to speaking this Thursday (April 2, 2020) at 6 pm Central European Time in Bob Pasnau's "virtual colloquium" on medieval philosophy.
My topic will be Averroes’ “Decisive Treatise” as a Dialectical Work.
https://inmediasphil.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/virtual-colloquium-2-feat…
- 26 March 20200 comments
Some welcome news amongst all the bad news: volume 5 of HoPWaG, on Indian Philosophy, is now out in the UK!
- 5 March 20201 comments
Pleased to say I'll be speaking as a keynote lecturer at the meeting of the British Society for the History of Philosophy in April 2020, in Durham. Come on by if you're in the neighborhood!
- 2 March 20200 comments
Right here on the website (under Bonus Episodes) you can now hear the keynotes from our event at Oxford last month, "Women Intellectuals in Antiquity."
Sophia Connell on women in ancient medicine:
Danielle Layne on Platonic priestesses:
Enjoy!
- 7 February 20200 comments
Thanks to everyone at Oxford who came out for my first Carlyle lecture! If you missed it there are five more still to come:
https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/carlyle-lectures
Every Tuesday at 5 pm over the next five weeks, in the Examination Schools, South Schools. So the last one is March 10, 2020.
- 31 January 20200 commentsIf you're in striking distance of Oxford come on down to hear me give this year's Carlyle lectures! This coming Tuesday and then every Tuesday until March 10.
- 1 day 10 hours ago
- 1 day 19 hours ago
- 1 day 19 hours ago
- 2 days 10 hours ago
- 2 days 10 hours ago
- 3 days 21 hours ago
- 4 days 20 hours ago
- 5 days 5 hours ago
- 5 days 5 hours ago
- 6 days 3 hours ago
Overview
Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps." The series looks at the ideas, lives and historical context of the major philosophers as well as the lesser-known figures of the tradition.
Buy the book versions:
Search
The latest episodes are listed on the left, or you can view the list of all episodes published so far. If you want to keep up to date with the latest podcasts, you can subscribe to the latest episodes RSS feed or to email notification (via Google Feedburner) that there is a new podcast.
Series of podcast episodes (MP3 files) are grouped together as RSS feeds (requiring an RSS reader such as Feedly or a podcatcher), zip files (requring a zip tool such as 7-zip to unzip the downloaded file) and bit torrent files (requiring a bit torrent client such as µTorrent to open the downloaded file.)
You can leave a comment on any of the individual podcasts, on the website as a whole or on Peter's blog.
10392154 views
Posted on 29 January 2023
The sources and scope of the skepticism of Montaigne, Charron (pictured), and Sanches.
0 comments