logo
episode-header-image
Today
24m 16s

HoP 478 This Gland Is Your Gland: Cartes...

PETER ADAMSON
About this episode

From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.

Up next
Oct 5
HoP 477 The Mind Has No Sex: Cartesianism and Gender
Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age. 
20m 44s
Sep 21
HoP 476 What He Should Have Said: the Early Cartesians
Early Cartesians including Cordemoy and de La Forge develop but also challenge Descartes’ ideas, defending atomism and occasionalism. 
26m 7s
Sep 7
HoP 475 Ariane Schneck on Elisabeth and Descartes
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. 
34m 33s
Recommended Episodes
Jun 2025
Candace Owens vs. 20 Feminists
In this episode of Surrounded, Candace Owens goes head-to-head with 20 feminists to defend four controversial claims: the sexual revolution devalued women, raising children is more fulfilling than any career, we live in a matriarchy, and feminism has made life easier for men. Wil ... Show More
1h 40m
Oct 2024
16. Gloria Steinem
Kirsty Young asks the activist and writer Gloria Steinem what advice she would give her younger self.Through the last seven decades, Steinem has been a singular voice and influential thinker for the causes of feminism and equality in the USA. She discusses her breakthrough as a y ... Show More
36m 27s
Mar 2024
84 | Sex in Philosophy w/ Dr. Manon Garcia
In this episode, we talk with Manon Garcia about the problem of women’s submissiveness in feminist philosophy.  Then we discuss longstanding feminist criticisms of the concept of consent, what we want from consent in the first place, and what it could mean in the future. And we w ... Show More
1h 6m
Jul 10
A Feminist Perspective on Lost Boys
Carole Radziwill brings a different perspective to Lost Boy, arguing that what we're seeing is the patriarchy "eating it's own." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
45m 40s
Nov 2023
Le tragique et la loi 3/5 : Comment la philosophe résiste-t-elle au tragique ?
durée : 00:03:54 - Le Pourquoi du comment : philo - par : Frédéric Worms - Le tragique est aussi un concept philosophique et les philosophes qui l'ont construit donnent l'impression qu'ils cherchent à y résister en montrant les moyens d'y répondre dans la vie humaine. Ont-ils tra ... Show More
3m 54s
Sep 2023
Unmasking Masculinity: Exploring the Complexities of Modern Manhood
On this week's episode, we sit down with Kori Lindsay, co-founder of Mentality, a platform that sparks compelling conversations that challenge societal norms and explore taboo topics. It inspires individuals to question ingrained social constructs, transcend gendered expectations ... Show More
33m 10s
Jan 2025
Farha Khalidi on Men, OnlyFans, and Feminism - Fight Back Ep. 38
Farha Khalidi (‪@thefarhakhalidi‬) stopped by the podcast to talk about men, OnlyFans, women's voting rights, feminism, vegetarianism, abortion, and much more. You can find her TikTok here:   / farhakhalidi  00:00 Intro 00:26 Discussing OnlyFans 01:44 Impact of OnlyFans on Person ... Show More
1h 24m
Nov 2018
Episode 51, Simone de Beauvoir (Part I - The Life of Simone de Beauvoir)
Simone de Beauvoir was a pioneer for the second-wave feminist movement and one of the most famous philosophers to have lived. Strikingly, Beauvoir did not label herself as a philosopher, since she never attempted to provide an original treatise which aimed to fully encapsulate th ... Show More
1h 1m
Dec 2018
Episode 51, Simone de Beauvoir (Part III - The Second Sex)
Simone de Beauvoir was a pioneer for the second-wave feminist movement and one of the most famous philosophers to have lived. Strikingly, Beauvoir did not label herself as a philosopher, since she never attempted to provide an original treatise which aimed to fully encapsulate th ... Show More
57m 46s
Jun 2025
THE FEMINISM DEBATE: Is Feminism Betraying Women? The Hidden Risk Of Casual Sex!
Has feminism betrayed the very women it promised to empower? Deborah France-White, Louise Perry, and Erica Komisar go head-to-head on the hidden costs of sexual freedom. Deborah Frances-White is a bestselling author and host of The Guilty Feminist podcast, Louise Perry is a journ ... Show More
2h 28m