1.2 The Background of Early Modern Philo...

Part 1.1. Outlines the General Philosophy course, the various topics that will be discussed, and also, more importantly, the philosophical method that this course introduces to students. 

Part 1.3. Describes briefly the Aristotelian view of the universe; the basis for natural science in Europe until the 15th century and its conflict Galileo's theories. 

Part 1.4. Outlines Galileo's revolutionary theories of astronomy and mechanical science and introduces Descartes' (the father of modern philosophy) ideas of philosophical scepticism. 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Neoplatonism, the school of thought founded in the 3rd century AD by the philosopher Plotinus. Born in Egypt, Plotinus was brought up in the Platonic tradition, studying and reinterpreting the works of the Greek thinker Plato. After he moved to ... Show More

A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day. 

من حلقة الدين فى عصر العلم EP44: Religion in an Age of Science مصطلح الاصلاح مشتق من حركة الاصلاح البروتوستانية داخل الديانة المسيحية فى العصور الوسطى بأوروبا فى مواجهة الكنيسة الكاثوليكية، المصطلح مستخدم هنا للأشارة لرؤية جديدة أخيرة فى محاولة فهم العلاقة بين الايمان والعقلانية، ... Show More

Second lecture in the Philosophy of Religion lecture series. 

Piet looks at how the works of famous ancient thinkers such as Aristotle, Hippocrates, Euclid or Ptolemy traveled from culture to culture and formed the basis of Muslim, Christian and Jewish science and philosophy alike. Ancient Greek science and philosophy reached Christian Euro ... Show More

How religious persecution and censorship shaped the context of philosophy in Catholic Europe in the sixteenth century. 

“God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we, the murderers of all murderers, comfort ourselves?”—Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science. HIST 271/HUMS 339: European Intellectual History since Nietzsche is a survey course designed to introduce students to th ... Show More

Cliquez ici pour vous abonner au podcast sur une autre plateforme (spotify, deezer, itunes) Bonjour à vous, j’ai décidé de reprendre ce podcast en commençant par le début. Je vais donc commencer par tenter de répondre à la question : qu’est-ce que la philosophie ? Ou plutôt qu’es ... Show More

Third lecture in the Philosophy of Religion lecture series.