History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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**History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps**

Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King’s College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, “without any gaps”. www.historyofphilosophy.net

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HoP 137 - God Willing – the Asharites Jul 14, 2013

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Al-Ash‘arī puts his stamp on the future of Islamic theology by emphasizing God’s untrammeled power and freedom.

HoP 136 - Farhad Daftary on the Ismailis Jul 07, 2013

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Peter is joined by Farhad Daftary, a leading expert on the Shiite group known as the Ismā'īlīs.

HoP 135 - Undercover Brothers – Philosophy in the Buyid Age Jun 30, 2013

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Miskawayh, al-‘Amiri, al-Tawhidi, the Brethren of Purity and Ismaili missionaries bring together philosophy with Persian culture, literature and Islam.

HoP 134 - Balancing Acts - Arabic Ethical Literature Jun 23, 2013

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Drawing on Galen and Aristotle, philosophers from al-Kindi to Miskawayh compose ethical works designed us to achieve health in soul, as well as body.

HoP 133 - Strings Attached - Music and Philosophy Jun 16, 2013

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Peter turns DJ, with some actual music interspersed with discussion about theories of music in Arabic philosophical texts.

HoP 132 - Eye of the Beholder - Theories of Vision Jun 09, 2013

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Ibn al-Haytham draws on the tradition of geometrical optics to explain the mystery of human eyesight.

HoP 131 - Deborah Black on al-Farabi's Epistemology Jun 02, 2013

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Deborah Black joins Peter to talk about al-Farabi's innovations concerning knowledge and certainty.

HoP 130 - State of Mind - al-Farabi on Religion and Politics May 26, 2013

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Al-Fārābī combines Islam and Greek sources to present the ideal ruler as a philosopher who is also a prophet.

HoP 129 - The Second Master - al-Farabi May 19, 2013

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Peter begins to look at the systematic rethinking of Hellenic philosophy offered by al-Farabi, focusing on his logic and metaphysics.

HoP 128 - Aristotelian Society - the Baghdad School May 12, 2013

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A group of mostly Christian philosophers transpose the practices of antique Aristotelian philosophy to 10th century Baghdad.

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