10. Jacob Stump: The Stoic View of Emotions (and Its Flaws)
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 Campbel...
9 Feb 1h 12min
9. Why the Greeks Avoided Human Dissection
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 s...
6 Feb 16min
8. The Philosophy of Ancient Astrology: How Did It Work?
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 s...
2 Feb 18min
7. Plato's Allegory of the Cave
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 ...
26 Jan 33min
6. The Buddha's Controller Argument for No-Self
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 P...
23 Jan 19min
5. The Use of Dreams to Diagnose Patients
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 part...
19 Jan 20min
4. Aristotle on Character and Intellectual Virtues
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 Departmen...
12 Jan 34min
3. Rachel O'Keefe: Plotinus' Metaphysics
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...
5 Jan 1h 31min
