Peter Adamson
@histphilosophy.bsky.social
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 Adamson
@histphilosophy.bsky.social
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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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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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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:
global.oup.com/academic/con...
Open access book on material aspects of ancient philosophy:
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#philsky #philosophy #ancientphilosophy #openaccess
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#philsky #philosophy #ancientphilosophy #openaccess
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November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Open access book on material aspects of ancient philosophy:
brill.com/display/titl...
#philsky #philosophy #ancientphilosophy #openaccess
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#philsky #philosophy #ancientphilosophy #openaccess
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‘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...
@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
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
‘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...
@histphilosophy.bsky.social on Maimonides.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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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November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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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
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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
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/philosophy-w...
(link corrected from a previous post)
#philosophy #philsky
www.historyofphilosophy.net
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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/philosophy-w...
(link corrected from a previous post)
#philosophy #philsky
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/philosophy-w...
#philsky #philosophy #globalphilosophy
www.historyofphilosophy.net
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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/philosophy-w...
#philsky #philosophy #globalphilosophy
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
www.historyofphilosophy.net/sunzi-art-of...
#artofwar #daoism #philsky #philosophy #podcast
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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
www.historyofphilosophy.net/sunzi-art-of...
#artofwar #daoism #philsky #philosophy #podcast
Reposted by Peter Adamson
‘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...
@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
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
‘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...
@histphilosophy.bsky.social on Maimonides.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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
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
warpweftandway.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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
warpweftandway.com/episode-27-o...
#philsky
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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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#histsci
works.hcommons.org/records/pzyj...
November 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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
works.hcommons.org/records/pzyj...
#histsci
works.hcommons.org/records/pzyj...
Today on #HoPWaG we're joined by Gideon Manning to hear about medicine in Descartes and amongst the Cartesians! A fascinating discussion of method, dualism, the circulatory system, and much more.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesian-me...
#philsky #descartes #philosophy #podcast
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesian-me...
#philsky #descartes #philosophy #podcast
November 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Today on #HoPWaG we're joined by Gideon Manning to hear about medicine in Descartes and amongst the Cartesians! A fascinating discussion of method, dualism, the circulatory system, and much more.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesian-me...
#philsky #descartes #philosophy #podcast
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesian-me...
#philsky #descartes #philosophy #podcast
An article of mine has just appeared in the @lrb.co.uk on Maimonides! Pretty excited about this since I subscribe to the paper.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#philsky #maimonides #rambam
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#philsky #maimonides #rambam
Peter Adamson · Five Hundred Parasangs: Maimonides works it out
www.lrb.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
An article of mine has just appeared in the @lrb.co.uk on Maimonides! Pretty excited about this since I subscribe to the paper.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#philsky #maimonides #rambam
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#philsky #maimonides #rambam
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The Millennium Falcon is the only reason I know how to spell millennium. Ok, that, and autocorrect.
October 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The Millennium Falcon is the only reason I know how to spell millennium. Ok, that, and autocorrect.
Just going through the copy-edited files for the next volume in the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps book series, on Philosophy in the Reformation.
As always this process reminds me that I don't know how to spell "millennium".
As always this process reminds me that I don't know how to spell "millennium".
October 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Just going through the copy-edited files for the next volume in the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps book series, on Philosophy in the Reformation.
As always this process reminds me that I don't know how to spell "millennium".
As always this process reminds me that I don't know how to spell "millennium".
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New book from LMU's Professor of the Philosophy of Religion, Sebastian Gäb: Philosophy of Religion, out now from Nomos: www.nomos-shop.de/en/p/philoso... #philosophy #religion
Philosophy of Religion
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October 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
New book from LMU's Professor of the Philosophy of Religion, Sebastian Gäb: Philosophy of Religion, out now from Nomos: www.nomos-shop.de/en/p/philoso... #philosophy #religion
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If you are interested in #Yinyang philosophy or new to Chinese thought overall, definitely check out this episode of HoPWaG featuring Robin R. Wang! Meeting her in Beijing in 2015 had a great impact on how I understand Yinyang and the five phases today.
On today's new #HoPWaG episode we are joined by Robin Wang, who discusses yin-yang theory: she argues it is not so much a piece of doctrine as a whole pattern of thought.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/yin-yang-wang
#philsky #chinesephilosophy #yinyang
www.historyofphilosophy.net/yin-yang-wang
#philsky #chinesephilosophy #yinyang
October 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
If you are interested in #Yinyang philosophy or new to Chinese thought overall, definitely check out this episode of HoPWaG featuring Robin R. Wang! Meeting her in Beijing in 2015 had a great impact on how I understand Yinyang and the five phases today.
On today's new #HoPWaG episode we are joined by Robin Wang, who discusses yin-yang theory: she argues it is not so much a piece of doctrine as a whole pattern of thought.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/yin-yang-wang
#philsky #chinesephilosophy #yinyang
www.historyofphilosophy.net/yin-yang-wang
#philsky #chinesephilosophy #yinyang
October 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
On today's new #HoPWaG episode we are joined by Robin Wang, who discusses yin-yang theory: she argues it is not so much a piece of doctrine as a whole pattern of thought.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/yin-yang-wang
#philsky #chinesephilosophy #yinyang
www.historyofphilosophy.net/yin-yang-wang
#philsky #chinesephilosophy #yinyang
Tomorrow on #HoPWaG, Prof Robin Wang of Loyola Marymount University ("the other LMU" as I like to think of it) joins us to discuss yin-yang theory in Daoism and classical Chinese thought more generally.
a black and white yin yang symbol with two circles in it
ALT: a black and white yin yang symbol with two circles in it
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October 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Tomorrow on #HoPWaG, Prof Robin Wang of Loyola Marymount University ("the other LMU" as I like to think of it) joins us to discuss yin-yang theory in Daoism and classical Chinese thought more generally.
Young man to James Joyce: "May I kiss the hand that wrote Ulysses?"
Joyce: "No. It has done many other things too."
(Just read this anecdote in the @lrb.co.uk)
Joyce: "No. It has done many other things too."
(Just read this anecdote in the @lrb.co.uk)
October 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Young man to James Joyce: "May I kiss the hand that wrote Ulysses?"
Joyce: "No. It has done many other things too."
(Just read this anecdote in the @lrb.co.uk)
Joyce: "No. It has done many other things too."
(Just read this anecdote in the @lrb.co.uk)
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To unforgivably confuse metaphors: Descartes may have been wrong about the pineal gland being the point of contact with the soul, but it is associated/developed with the "third eye" in some vertebrates: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parieta...
October 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
To unforgivably confuse metaphors: Descartes may have been wrong about the pineal gland being the point of contact with the soul, but it is associated/developed with the "third eye" in some vertebrates: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parieta...
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Your Sunday read:
"Neoplatonic Voyaging"
Jonathan Egid traces the global journey of Neoplatonism across Europe, Africa, and Asia, as it was transformed by encounters with Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism and by those who engaged with it.
#Philosophy
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/neoplat...
"Neoplatonic Voyaging"
Jonathan Egid traces the global journey of Neoplatonism across Europe, Africa, and Asia, as it was transformed by encounters with Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism and by those who engaged with it.
#Philosophy
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/neoplat...
Neoplatonic Voyaging
This essay traces the global journey of Neoplatonism across Europe, Africa and Asia and how it evolved through encounters with Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism. From its origins in Alexandria to its ...
www.thephilosopher1923.org
October 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Your Sunday read:
"Neoplatonic Voyaging"
Jonathan Egid traces the global journey of Neoplatonism across Europe, Africa, and Asia, as it was transformed by encounters with Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism and by those who engaged with it.
#Philosophy
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/neoplat...
"Neoplatonic Voyaging"
Jonathan Egid traces the global journey of Neoplatonism across Europe, Africa, and Asia, as it was transformed by encounters with Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism and by those who engaged with it.
#Philosophy
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/neoplat...
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Purists in philosophy forget that even their heroes knew and contributed to science. Worth hearing how much Descartes contributed by listening to the excellent podcast by @histphilosophy.bsky.social
Today's new episode: Cartesian Science!
From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesian-sc...
#hopwag #philsky #descartes #historyofscience #podcasts
From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesian-sc...
#hopwag #philsky #descartes #historyofscience #podcasts
October 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Purists in philosophy forget that even their heroes knew and contributed to science. Worth hearing how much Descartes contributed by listening to the excellent podcast by @histphilosophy.bsky.social
Today's new episode: Cartesian Science!
From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesian-sc...
#hopwag #philsky #descartes #historyofscience #podcasts
From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesian-sc...
#hopwag #philsky #descartes #historyofscience #podcasts
October 19, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Today's new episode: Cartesian Science!
From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesian-sc...
#hopwag #philsky #descartes #historyofscience #podcasts
From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesian-sc...
#hopwag #philsky #descartes #historyofscience #podcasts
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The first article from our upcoming issue on Phenomenology and Chinese Philosophy published online first. #ChinesePhilosophy #Phenomenology #JBSP @thebsp.org.uk
#JBSP Online: ‘Opening Nothingness: Maldiney and Daoism’ – Erik Lind (University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal)
Out now a new article for the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology.
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/17/j...
#phenomenology #philosophy
JBSP editor-in-chief: @posteurope.bsky.social
Out now a new article for the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology.
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/17/j...
#phenomenology #philosophy
JBSP editor-in-chief: @posteurope.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The first article from our upcoming issue on Phenomenology and Chinese Philosophy published online first. #ChinesePhilosophy #Phenomenology #JBSP @thebsp.org.uk
Coming up on tomorrow's new #HoPWaG podcast episode, we look at science and especially medicine within the Cartesian tradition. Topics include the debate over the role of the pineal gland, an aspect of Descartes' thought that even his supporters tried to quietly forget.
#philsky
#philsky
October 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM