History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

A chat with Ramus expert Robert Goulding on the role of mathematics in Ramist philosophy.

25 Sep 202226min

Peter Ramus scandalizes his critics, and thrills his students and admirers, by proposing a new and simpler approach to philosophy.

11 Sep 202220min

Peter reads the first chapter of his new book Don’t Think for Yourself: Authority and Belief in Medieval Philosophy, available from University of Notre Dame Press. Pre-order with the code 14FF20 from ...

14 Aug 202245min

Challenges to Galenic medical orthodoxy from natural philosophy: Jean Fernel with his idea of the human’s “total substance,” and the Paracelsans.

31 Jul 202220min

Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples and Julius Caesar Scaliger fuse Aristotelianism with humanism to address problems in logic and literary aesthetics.

17 Jul 202223min

Peter chats with the hosts of three great philosophy podcasts: Elucidations, Hi-Phi Nation, and the Unmute Podcast.

3 Jul 20221h

In his outrageous novel about Pantagruel and Gargantua, Rabelais engages with scholasticism, humanism, medicine, the reformation, and the querelle des femmes.

19 Jun 202221min

A Renaissance queen supports philosophical humanism and produces literary works on spirituality, love, and the soul.

5 Jun 202224min