History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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HoP 492 Changing By Degrees: French Scholasticism

How philosophy at the universities evolved in response to Cartesianism and the “new science.” 

HoP 491 Image Problems: Arnauld vs Malebranche on Ideas

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

HoP 490 Steven Nadler on Occasionalism

What inspired the occasionalist theory embraced by the 17th century Cartesians? We find out from a leading specialist on the topic. 

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? 

HoP 488 No Particular Reason: Nicolas Malebranche

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