HoP 477 The Mind Has No Sex: Cartesianis...

Early Cartesians including Cordemoy and de La Forge develop but also challenge Descartes’ ideas, defending atomism and occasionalism. 

We finish our look at Elisabeth of Bohemia and Descartes by talking to Ariane Schneck about their correspondence, focusing on the mind-body problem and the passions. 

What do emotions reveal about the connection between mind and body? We turn to Descartes’ correspondence with Elisabeth and his On the Passions to find out. 

Professor of philosophy Colin Bodayle joins Breht to dive into the profound, unique, and almost mystical philosophy of Baruch Spinoza. Together, they discuss the value of philosophy for all of us, Spinoza as a "philosopher's philosopher", his life and death in 17th century wester ... Show More

De Sade's status as a literary philosopher and his relationship to materialist philosophy is expertly analysed, along with several pertinent readings from his works. 

durée : 00:58:41 - Avec philosophie - par : Géraldine Muhlmann - "Cogito, ergo sum", "je pense, donc je suis". Que signifie cette célèbre formule employée par René Descartes pour résumer son argumentaire ? Et quelles sont les variations du cogito cartésien, cette première certitu ... Show More

durée : 00:58:03 - Avec philosophie - par : Géraldine Muhlmann - Comme tous les vendredis, Géraldine Muhlmann et ses invités approchent l'actualité avec un regard philosophique. Certains penseurs affirment l'urgence de repenser notre rapport au vivant. Or, leurs thèses sont conte ... Show More

durée : 00:58:23 - Avec philosophie - par : Géraldine Muhlmann - Au 17e siècle, deux positions en apparence très différentes concernant la liberté de l'homme s'opposent : d'un côté, la pensée cartésienne du libre arbitre, et de l'autre, une vision déterministe théorisée par Spino ... Show More

In the tradition of the great theistic philosophers, Baruch Spinoza presents us with a metaphysical vision of the cosmos, as ordered by God. But in sharp contrast with thinkers such as Pascal, Spinoza's arguments for God are crafted with an attempt of logical precision. In fact, ... Show More

I am joined by the philosopher Mladen Dolar, one of the most important Lacanian philosophers working today. A founder of the Ljubljana school of psychoanalysis, Mladen Dolar has written important works on Hegel, Marx and numerous works on Lacanian thought. In this podcast, we dis ... Show More

Breht listens to, reflects on, and critically engages with a public lecture by the late philosopher Michael Sugrue titled Marcus Aurelius' Meditations: The Stoic Ideal. He discusses the philosophy of Stoicism, its insights as well as its limitations, its commodification and basta ... Show More