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Peter Adamson

@histphilosophy.bsky.social

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Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich; hosts podcast about the History of Philosophy... without any gaps. www.historyofphilosophy.net

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@histphilosophy.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 5:26 PM

That's great to hear! So sad to hear the news about Prof Johnson but it's an honor to have had her on the podcast

@lokster71.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 5:44 PMReposted by @histphilosophy.bsky.social

This evening I listened to a fascinating episode of @histphilosophy.bsky.social 's podcast with the late Professor Marguerite Johnson on Sappho. Such an interesting discussion and nudged me - alongside Anne Carson's Nobel Prize win - to read Carson's 'If Not, Winter', which is her Sappho translation

@clpskuleuven.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 9:54 AMReposted by @histphilosophy.bsky.social

Post-Gettier #epistemology may have yielded a picture of #knowledge that is both historiographically & philosophically misleading—or so Maria Rosa Antognazza argued in her posthumous book. Check out postdoctoral fellow Boaz Schuman’s review of the📘! 👇 philarchive.org/rec/SCHHIL-3

#philsky #HPS

Cover of Maria Rosa Antognazza’s Thinking with Assent: Renewing a Traditional Account of Knowledge and Belief, published by Oxford University Press, featuring a coastal Italian village with a prominent church overlooking the turquoise sea.
@histphilosophy.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 4:17 PM

Check out my new podcast series, "Pages of History," in which I speak to leading experts on topics in cross-cultural philology!

The first batch of episodes deals with philology as a science, the Cain and Abel narrative, and the ancient language Aramaic.

pagesofhistorypodcast.net

#podcast

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@tenuretracker.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 5:51 PMReposted by @histphilosophy.bsky.social

Brown University is hiring:
Assistant Professor of Early Modern Philosophy

#assistantprofessor #philsky #earlymodernphilosophy

@histphilosophy.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:15 AM

After the celebration of 500 episodes, we're back to early modern philosophy: I speak with Mara van der Lugt about Bayle and pessimism:

historyofphilosophy.net/podcast/earl...

#philosophy #podcast #pessimism #bayle #philsky

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@dhmontgomery.comOct 9, 2026, 2:21 AMReposted by @histphilosophy.bsky.social

I'm listening to the recent episodes of @histphilosophy.bsky.social, talking about moral philosophy in late 17th Century France, a time when cynicism abounded and many people assumed that everyone was hypocritical — the only difference was whether you tried to conceal your hypocrisy.

@histphilosophy.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 5:28 PM

Today we concluded our series to celebrate reaching 500 episodes by talking to Daniel Watson about early medieval Irish philosophy!

Hope you‘ve enjoyed this miniseries of gap fillers.

historyofphilosophy.net/podcast/medi...

#philsky #podcast #ireland #philosophy

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@histphilosophy.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 12:26 PM

In the fourth episode of our 500 episode miniseries, we finally tackle Zoroastrianism, in the capable hands of Ted Good!

This is probably the topic I got most requests to go back and cover so I'm glad to close this "gap".

historyofphilosophy.net/podcast/isla...

#philsky #philosophy #podcast

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@histphilosophy.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 12:48 PMReposted by @histphilosophy.bsky.social

Hey #HoPWaG fans, don't forget to check out our new spinoff podcast on cross-cultural philology!

It launched a few days ago with three initial episodes, on philology and science; the Cain and Abel story; and the ancient language Aramaic!

pagesofhistorypodcast.net

#podcast #philology

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@greshamcollege.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 9:28 AMReposted by @histphilosophy.bsky.social

A delightful episode of this long-running podcast featuring Gresham Professor of Rhetoric Melissa Lane!
Watch more of Melissa's lectures: gres.hm/melissa-lane...

🏛️ #ancientgreece #law #philosophy #AncientHistory See less

@jeanneologist.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 8:20 AMReposted by @histphilosophy.bsky.social

Is it worth attending lectures as a student? The C15 German perspective:

Page from the Manuale Scholarium

CHAPTER XII
VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS AMONG STUDENTS
Cam. I was at a lecture. I don't suppose I learned a single word. Our preceptors compel us, we spend our time to no purpose.
Bar. How's that? I suppose you don't pay attention. Explain to me what's the bother.
Cam. The trouble is this, the subject matter is too deep and serious. I'd rather give my money and not enter; I'd do something worth while.
Bar. What sort of a lecture is it?
Cam. On the books de anima.
Bar. This book is of very little use to the unintelligent or to those who lack preparation. Why did you enter it?
Cam. Oughtn't I to take it?
Bar. Ask your master. Perhaps he can find a way out of it.
Cam. I did ask him. He says there isn't any remedy. If I want to take it, it'll be necessary to attend regularly.
Bar. I must be silent if that's the way your master feels about it.
Cam. Ha, ha, nevertheless I'll do as I please.
@histphilosophy.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 3:30 PM

Thanks! Lots more interesting stuff to come too...

@tomslists.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 3:18 PMReposted by @histphilosophy.bsky.social

This podcast is really interesting. It turns out that philology isn’t dry pedantry in dead languages (as I had assumed) but explores all sorts of issues concerning knowledge and understanding

@histphilosophy.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 2:42 PM

"pneuma", the Greek term for spirit.

@histphilosophy.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 12:48 PM

Hey #HoPWaG fans, don't forget to check out our new spinoff podcast on cross-cultural philology!

It launched a few days ago with three initial episodes, on philology and science; the Cain and Abel story; and the ancient language Aramaic!

pagesofhistorypodcast.net

#podcast #philology

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@histphilosophy.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 8:26 AM

And also in our regular slot, the next episode of the History of Chinese Philosophy, in which Karyn and I introduce the major themes of philosophy in the Han Dynasty:

historyofphilosophy.net/podcast/chin...

#philsky #philosophy #handynasty #chinesephilosophy

Ceramic status of a soldier and horse from the Han Dynasty
@histphilosophy.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 8:26 AM

A feast of philosophy for you this weekend! We have the third installment of our 500th episode celebration, in which I talk to Troels Engberg-Pedersen about St Paul and the Stoics:

historyofphilosophy.net/podcast/late...

#philsky #newtestament #stpaul #stoicism #podcasts #hopwag

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@histphilosophy.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 9:11 PM

Coming up in just a few hours... the third installment of our 500th episode celebration! Another topic I skipped when doing antiquity. This one is going to be, shall we say, Biblical.

#philsky #philosophy #HoPWaG

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@histphilosophy.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 9:05 PM

The SEP will never be the same again

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