@histphilosophy.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich; hosts podcast about the History of Philosophy... without any gaps. www.historyofphilosophy.net
Our new podcast episode on #HoPWaG is the first of a mini-series on the Daoist classic, the Zhuangzi! We start by asking in what sense this is a "skeptical" work.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/zhuangzi-ske...
#podcast #daoism #philsky #philosophy
New open access book on Chinese philosophy by Mike Beaney, focusing on the wonderful "happy fish" passage from the Zhuangzi!
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
#philsky #daoism #zhuangzi #philosophy #openaccess
He does come up, yes, though not quite that often! I like his translation too, not that I'm anyone to judge.
21.11.2025 21:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning. theconversation.com/studying-phi... #philosophy #skills #thinking #PhilosophySky #philsky
Coming up on Sunday, we begin to look at everyone's favorite philosophical work from classical China, the Zhuangzi!
#hopwag #philsky #daoism #philosophy #podcast
Awaken your senses at Coal Drops Yard with this mini exhibition as part of the Club Curling experience at Kings Cross. A huge thanks to our friends and partners @ip-sas.bsky.social for helping us create these multisensory experiences
06.11.2025 06:31 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Todayβs new episode: French skepticism around the time of Descartes, with a focus on Mothe le Vayer:
historyofphilosophy.net/french-skept...
#philsky #philosophy #podcast #skepticism
Season 5 of the ENN Podcast is here!
Jacinta Shrimpton speaks with Anna Ezekiel on Karoline von GΓΌnderrode: her metaphysics, politics, and ideas on self, friendship & gender.
Listen here: www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/podcast.html
(Also on Podbean, Spotify, iTunes)
#WomenPhilosophers #PhilSky
Several chapters of possible interest to history & philosophy of science folks, including Andrew Gregory on Greek ships & cosmology, Sylvia Berryman on ancient automata, Ellen Harlizius-KlΓΌck & Giovanni Fanfani on weaving & mathematics, & Harold Terrant on Greek philosophy & science. #HistSTM
10.11.2025 23:01 β π 17 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Open access book on material aspects of ancient philosophy:
brill.com/display/titl...
#philsky #philosophy #ancientphilosophy #openaccess
βA 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.β
@histphilosophy.bsky.social on Maimonides.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#philjobs #philsky
10.11.2025 10:52 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0LMU 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
10.11.2025 10:10 β π 13 π 9 π¬ 1 π 2That's funny because one of the recent conversations I've had about this was with... Pierre Vesperini! He is here in Munich at the moment.
09.11.2025 21:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0In 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
Thanks for figuring this out! I'll repost
09.11.2025 18:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Works for me, that's strange. Would love to know your reaction!
09.11.2025 16:28 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Just 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
Chinese terracotta army
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
I just heard a podcast with Iris Ideldon-Shein about Jewish translations in early modern Europe, that was pretty interesting. Beyond that I'd look for books on "Jewish Enlightenment" or Haskalah eg the book by Feiner
08.11.2025 20:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
βA 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.β
@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
Good point: yes to modern phlebotomy, no to early modern phlebotomy!
03.11.2025 12:56 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0a 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...
Absolutely!
02.11.2025 15:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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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
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
Oh it's out! Thanks for letting me know.
30.10.2025 22:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0But there hadn't been any millennia yet in his day, had there?
29.10.2025 20:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hopefully we'll have this sorted out by the year 3000
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