History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

PETER ADAMSONPETER ADAMSON
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HoP 489 All Power to Him: Malebranche and Occasionalism

What led Malebranche to his notorious view that all bodily motions and thoughts are caused by God, with created things serving only as “occasions” for divine action? 

 . 21min 17sec
HoP 488 No Particular Reason: Nicolas Malebranche

We begin to explore Malebranche’s controversial development of Cartesian philosophy by looking at his theodicy. 

 . 19min 34sec
HoP 487 Showing Good Judgment: The Port Royal Logic

Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole update the study of logic to take account of the ideas of Descartes. 

 . 21min 58sec
HoP 486 Friends of the Truth: Arnauld and Jansenism

Antoine Arnauld combines Cartesian philosophy with Jansenism, one of the most controversial religious movements of the 17th century. 

 . 19min 32sec
HoP 485 Liz Jackson on Pascal's Wager

An interview on contemporary approaches to Pascal's Wager: where decision theory meets philosophy of religion. 

 . 38min 41sec