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Peter Adamson
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Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich; hosts podcast about the History of Philosophy... without any gaps. www.historyofphilosophy.net

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Peter Scott Adamson is an American philosopher and intellectual historian. He holds two academic positions: professor of philosophy in late antiquity and in the Islamic world at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; and professor of ancient and medieval philosophy at King's College London. .. more

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · Dec 30
Thanks for following me here on Bluesky!

Here a link to my podcast on the History of Philosophy "without any gaps":

www.historyofphilosophy.net

And to the corresponding book series from Oxford University Press:

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Home | History of Philosophy without any gaps
Podcast by Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at LMU Munich and KCL London. Includes western, Islamic, Indian, and Africana philsosophy.
www.historyofphilosophy.net

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 17h
Open access book on material aspects of ancient philosophy:

brill.com/display/titl...

#philsky #philosophy #ancientphilosophy #openaccess
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Reposted by Peter Adamson

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 1d
‘A modest rationalism was a natural response in the face of criticism aimed at the pretensions of Aristotelian science. Religious philosophers insisted on the limits of reason while demanding that it stay in its proper lane.’

@histphilosophy.bsky.social on Maimonides.

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Peter Adamson · Five Hundred Parasangs: Maimonides works it out
God’s existence could be proved, Moses Maimonides thought, regardless of what we conclude about the eternity of the...
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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 1d
#philjobs #philsky
lmuphilosophy.bsky.social LMU Munich Philosophy Faculty @lmuphilosophy.bsky.social · 1d
LMU Munich is advertising a new W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education. Deadline: 15 Nov 2025. For more information, and to apply, follow this link: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b... #philosophy #education #professorship #academicjob #lmumunich
Professorship (W2) of Philosophy Education
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LMU Munich Philosophy Faculty @lmuphilosophy.bsky.social · 1d
LMU Munich is advertising a new W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education. Deadline: 15 Nov 2025. For more information, and to apply, follow this link: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b... #philosophy #education #professorship #academicjob #lmumunich
Professorship (W2) of Philosophy Education
job-portal.lmu.de

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 1d
That's funny because one of the recent conversations I've had about this was with... Pierre Vesperini! He is here in Munich at the moment.

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 1d
In this new blog post I defend the use of the term "philosophy" to describe non-European intellectual traditions.

www.historyofphilosophy.net/philosophy-w...

(link corrected from a previous post)

#philosophy #philsky
www.historyofphilosophy.net

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks for figuring this out! I'll repost

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 1d
Works for me, that's strange. Would love to know your reaction!

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 2d
Just put up this blog post in which I defend the use of the term "philosophy" to describe non-European intellectual traditions.

www.historyofphilosophy.net/philosophy-w...

#philsky #philosophy #globalphilosophy
www.historyofphilosophy.net

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 2d
Today's new #HoPWaG: the famous "Art of War" by Sunzi (or Sun Tzu, if you prefer), and its surprising links to Daoism!

www.historyofphilosophy.net/sunzi-art-of...

#artofwar #daoism #philsky #philosophy #podcast
Chinese terracotta army

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 2d
I just heard a podcast with Iris Ideldon-Shein about Jewish translations in early modern Europe, that was pretty interesting. Beyond that I'd look for books on "Jewish Enlightenment" or Haskalah eg the book by Feiner

Reposted by Peter Adamson, Fabián Muniesa

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 4d
‘A modest rationalism was a natural response in the face of criticism aimed at the pretensions of Aristotelian science. Religious philosophers insisted on the limits of reason while demanding that it stay in its proper lane.’

@histphilosophy.bsky.social on Maimonides.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter Adamson · Five Hundred Parasangs: Maimonides works it out
God’s existence could be proved, Moses Maimonides thought, regardless of what we conclude about the eternity of the...
www.lrb.co.uk

Reposted by James A. Benn

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 6d
The latest episode of the excellent "This Is The Way" #podcast, a series on Chinese philosophy, looks at Mohism and its arguments for impartial care. Recently they did the "White Horse Not Horse" dialogue because I suggested it, which was a thrill!

warpweftandway.com/episode-27-o...

#philsky
Episode 27 of “This Is the Way”: Mohism—Two Arguments for Impartial Caring
This episode examines the Mohist doctrine of impartial caring (jian'ai 兼愛) via two arguments in the Mozi -- the Caretaker Argument and the Filial Piety A
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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 8d
Good point: yes to modern phlebotomy, no to early modern phlebotomy!

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Reposted by Peter Adamson

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 8d
a great podcast by Gideon Manning, one of the best in shedding ligh on all the cornerns of #Descartesmedicine. In the Meditationes Descartes opposes the certainty of the ego cogito with the uncertainties of the human nature, the topic of medical knowledge
#histsci
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