Bonus Episodes
Bonus Episodes - not part of a historical series.
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A recording of Peter's lecture delivered on Oct 25, 2011, at the Arts and Humanities festival on "The Power of Stories" at King's College London.
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Peter reflects on what the history of philosophy may have to tell us about democracy in the wake of the inauguration of Donald Trump.
To read the full text go to the corresponding blog post.
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Peter's twin brother Glenn Adamson discusses the philosophical implications of craft.
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Danielle Layne of Gonzaga University delivers a keynote address at the conference "Women Intellectuals in Antiquity" held at Keble College Oxford in February 2020. This event was organized by myself, Ursula Coope, Katharine O'Reilly and Jenny Rallens. It was supported by Keble College Oxford, the British Society for the History of Philosophy (BSHP), The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), Oxford University, the Department of Classics at King's College London, and the LMU in Munich.
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Sophia Connell of Birkbeck College London delivers a keynote address at the conference "Women Intellectuals in Antiquity" held at Keble College Oxford in February 2020. This event was organized by myself, Ursula Coope, Katharine O'Reilly and Jenny Rallens. It was supported by Keble College Oxford, the British Society for the History of Philosophy (BSHP), The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), Oxford University, the Department of Classics at King's College London, and the LMU in Munich.
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In this first of four bonus episodes on animals and Islamic philosophy, Peter sets some context by surveying ideas about animals in Greek, Indian, Chinese, and African philosophy.
These episodes draw on work done with the support of the project “Animals in the Philosophy of the Islamic World”, which has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC), under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 786762).
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In this second of four bonus episodes on animals and Islamic philosophy, Peter talks about the standard view that reason differentiates humans from animals, and challenges posed to this view from medical theory and Islamic theology.
These episodes draw on work done with the support of the project “Animals in the Philosophy of the Islamic World”, which has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC), under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 786762).
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In this third of four bonus episodes on animals and Islamic philosophy, Peter looks at texts from the Islamic world arguing for benevolence towards animals.
These episodes draw on work done with the support of the project “Animals in the Philosophy of the Islamic World”, which has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC), under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 786762).
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In this fourth of four bonus episodes on animals and Islamic philosophy, Peter asks what difference it would make if humans are unique among animals in being rational.
These episodes draw on work done with the support of the project “Animals in the Philosophy of the Islamic World”, which has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC), under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 786762).
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Peter reads the first chapter of his new book Don’t Think for Yourself: Authority and Belief in Medieval Philosophy, available from University of Notre Dame Press. Pre-order with the code 14FF20 from undpress.nd.edu, to get a 20% discount!
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This is one in a series of podcasts on "German Philosophy and the World," recorded for the September 2024 Congress of the German Society of Philosophy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie).
This episode features Michael Carhart, Professor of History at Old Dominion University, and looks at Leibniz and his research into global languages, especially in Asia.
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This is one in a series of podcasts on "German Philosophy and the World," recorded for the September 2024 Congress of the German Society of Philosophy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie).
This episode features Laura Langone, who is a Marie Curie postdoctoral researcher at the University of Verona, and looks at Schopenhauer's understanding of Indian philosophy, especially Buddhism.
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This is one in a series of podcasts on "German Philosophy and the World," recorded for the September 2024 Congress of the German Society of Philosophy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie).
This episode features Kristin Gjesdal, who is Professor of Philosophy at Temple University, and looks at themes from Hegel and Nietzsche in the works of Henrik Ibsen and several women thinkers of 19th century Scandinavia.
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This is one in a series of podcasts on "German Philosophy and the World," recorded for the September 2024 Congress of the German Society of Philosophy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie).
This episode features Owen Ware, who is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, and looks at Indian philosophy and Yoga in German Romanticism.
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This is one in a series of podcast on "German Philosophy and the World," recorded for the September 2024 Congress of the German Society of Philosophy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie).
This episode features Kimberly Ann Harris, who is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia, and looks at German philosophy and WEB Du Bois.
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This is one in a series of podcasts on "German Philosophy and the World," recorded for the September 2024 Congress of the German Society of Philosophy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie).
This episode features Martin Kusch, who is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, and looks at Saul Kripke’s response to Wittgenstein.
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This is one in a series of podcasts on "German Philosophy and the World," recorded for the September 2024 Congress of the German Society of Philosophy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie).
This episode features Dana Villa, who is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Notre Dame, and looks at Hannah Arendt on Antiquity and America.
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This is one in a series of podcasts on "German Philosophy and the World," recorded for the September 2024 Congress of the German Society of Philosophy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie).
This episode features Anke Graneß who is a Professor of African Philosophy at the university of Hildesheim, and looks at Marxism and African philosophy.
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This is one in a series of podcasts on "German Philosophy and the World," recorded for the September 2024 Congress of the German Society of Philosophy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie).
This episode features Jason Yonover, who is a Postdoctoral Research Associate moving from Princeton to Yale, and looks at Hegel and Martin Luther King Jr.
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This is one in a series of podcasts on "German Philosophy and the World," recorded for the September 2024 Congress of the German Society of Philosophy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie).
This episode features Kata Moser, who is a Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Göttingen, about the Arabic reception of Heidegger.
