History Of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

An interview with Monica Green reveals parallels between medicine and philosophy in the middle ages.

Ockham, Buridan, Oresme and Francis of Marchia explore infinity, continuity, atomism, and the impetus involved in motion.

Bradwardine and other thinkers based at Oxford make breakthroughs in physics by applying mathematics to motion.

Sara Uckelman soundly defeats Peter in the medieval logical game of "obligations."

The scholastics discuss the ambiguity of terms, the nature of logical inference, and logical paradoxes, and play the game of “obligations.”

Scotus, Ockham, and Bradwardine ask how we can be free if God knows and chooses the things we will do in the future.

Walter Burley flies the flag for realism against Ockham and other nominalists.

An interview with Susan Brower-Toland covering Ockham's views on cognition, consciousness, and memory.

How the language of thought relates to spoken and written language, according to William of Ockham.

Ockham trims away the unnecessary entities posited by other scholastics.

William of Ockham on freedom of action and freedom of thought.

In his book Defender of the Peace, Marsilius of Padua develops new theories of representative government, rights, and ownership.

Peter muses on recent political events in light of the history of philosophy.

Giles of Rome and Dante on the rival claims of the church and secular rulers.

Italy’s greatest poet Dante Alighieri was also a philosopher, as we learn from his Convivio and of course the Divine Comedy.

Marguerite Porete is put to death for her exploration of the love of God, The Mirror of Simple Souls.

A conversation with Tom Pink about medieval theories of freedom and action.

An introduction to philosophy in the 14th century, focusing on two big ideas: nominalism and voluntarism.

Peter hears about Duns Scotus' epistemology from expert Giorgio Pini.

Scotus explains how things can share a nature in common while being unique individuals.