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History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

By: Peter Adamson
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 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". www.historyofphilosophy.netCopyright 2014 . All rights reserved. Philosophy Social Sciences
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  • HoP 478 This Gland Is Your Gland: Cartesian Science

    HoP 478 This Gland Is Your Gland: Cartesian Science
    Oct 19 2025

    From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.
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    24 mins
  • HoP 477 The Mind Has No Sex: Cartesianism and Gender

    HoP 477 The Mind Has No Sex: Cartesianism and Gender
    Oct 5 2025

    Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age.
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    21 mins
  • HoP 476 What He Should Have Said: the Early Cartesians

    HoP 476 What He Should Have Said: the Early Cartesians
    Sep 21 2025

    Early Cartesians including Cordemoy and de La Forge develop but also challenge Descartes’ ideas, defending atomism and occasionalism.
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    26 mins
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