Peter Adamson

Host of the History of Philosophy podcast. I now post instead on Bluesky. Follow me there!

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

Thanks to all who followed me here, but until Elon Musk is no longer associated with it, I will not read Twitter (including DM's) or post on it, apart from a weekly link to each new podcast episode.

Please follow me instead on Bluesky:

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[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

This week's new #HoPWaG episode looks at the great French tragedian Jean Racine, and looks at how his classical works of theater respond to the contemporary fascination with emotion and reason.

https://t.co/SkU6kVcgPg

#philosophy #tragedy #racine #frenchliterature

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

Today on #HoPWaG, it's our last episode on the Warring States period! We speak to Yuri Pines about the Legalists and whether they deserve their grim reputation.

In two weeks, we'll start to look at philosophy during the Han Dynasty!

https://t.co/qWrSB3a1mi

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

An early exit for France in the World Cup would be either comedic or tragic. Either way #HoPWaG has you covered since in today's new episode and the next one, we're looking at philosophical aspects of the plays of Moliere and Racine!

https://t.co/ecHfnbDtrN

#philosophy #podcast

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

Just up now!

History of Philosophy in China, episode 55:

More Gain, Less Pain: the Legalists on Human Nature

https://t.co/wkCNFkdWMv

Did the fa-thinkers recognize that human beings natural have moral capacities or dispositions? How did they try to manipulate human nature?

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

@GrandBastion Presumably not by seeing them in person! I guess he must simply have read descriptions of them.

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

Today's new #HoPWaG episode looks at the delightfully cynical and quotable aphorisms of La Rochefoucauld: we explore the profound ethical theory underlying his "maxims" and writings of other French Moralists:

https://t.co/TnLh5gzYux

#philosophy #podcast #earlymodern

[Ahmad Qadri @the_qadrii]

https://t.co/LH0271WKrN

Enjoyed hosting @HistPhilosophy on our @oasis_wisdom channel. We covered topics like the utility of philosophy, whether miracles are believable and the sincerity of al-Ghazali. Also, see till the end if Adamson puts Ibn Taymiyyah in his top 10 thinkers.

[Dr. Jeroen Harun Vlug @jeroen_vlug]

Adding another volume to the collection: Byzantine & Renaissance Philosophy. Shout out to @HistPhilosophy. If you haven’t yet checked out his History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, you’re missing out 🙂.

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

Today's new #HoPWaG episode: https://t.co/vAJXiYocBY

Learning to Unlearn: Han Feizi and Confucianism

Does Han Fei's focus on “standards” allow him to provide a more realistic political theory than the Confucian focus on moral cultivation?

#chinesephilosophy #podcast

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

In this interview for the Max Planck Institute, I answer 10 questions on history of science:

https://t.co/c91GvgUXi2

#histsci

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

Podcast co-author Chike Jeffers (@ChikeJeffers) alerted me that the most recent #HoPWaG on the philosophy of the French garden is the 750th episode overall, counting all series!

https://t.co/53oEJTg0g8

Thanks to everyone who has listened along the way!

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

@FabrizioBaldas6 Thanks - and I'm sure you noticed that I drew on your work for the episode, that was very useful!

[Fabrizio Baldassarri @FabrizioBaldas6]

One of my favourites too: plants in #histphilo #histsci, with a lot of attention on #Descartes! I believe that the intersections between science, #botany and politics are more than relevant and little explored #manipulatingflora

Here my book in Italian https://t.co/XGzo0nvNCA

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

Today's episode is one of my favorites among recent topics: a look at the formal French garden, and its surprisingly intricate relationship to philosophy under Louis XIV! (Also very pleased at a pun about him I included here.)

https://t.co/WJ4ya6WNfP

#hopwag #philosophy

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

@WannabeWumao Yes just noticed that, I fixed it - thanks!

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

Today's new episode! Arnauld’s attack on Malebranche’s theory of the “vision in God” leads to a nuanced debate over the nature of ideas.

https://t.co/Rc82ckAVih

#podcast #philosophy

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

New today on #HoPWaG: how philosophy at French universities evolved in response to Cartesianism and the “new science.”

https://t.co/UfpmqWkfFA

#philosophy #podcasts

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

In today's new #HoPWaG episode we look at the short-lived Qin empire, which unified China to put an end to the Warring States period. Was this Legalist philosophy in action?

https://t.co/FRRYQoYtu0

#china #chinesehistory #philosophy #podcast #legalism

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

BIG NEWS on #HoPWaG: I have agreed with Justin Tiwald (co-host of the "This is the Way" podcast) that he will join me as co-author, so we will continue the story of Chinese philosophy well beyond the Han starting in autumn 2027. More info here:

https://t.co/AD2WbHBRcZ