From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.
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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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Folge vom 19.10.2025HoP 478 This Gland Is Your Gland: Cartesian Science
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Folge vom 05.10.2025HoP 477 The Mind Has No Sex: Cartesianism and GenderWhy 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.
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Folge vom 21.09.2025HoP 476 What He Should Have Said: the Early CartesiansEarly Cartesians including Cordemoy and de La Forge develop but also challenge Descartes’ ideas, defending atomism and occasionalism.
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Folge vom 07.09.2025HoP 475 Ariane Schneck on Elisabeth and DescartesWe 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.