History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

• HoP 482 Indivisible, Under God: the Revival of Atomism

  Why did Sébastian Basso and Pierre Gassendi think ancient atomism was the key to developing a new, modern science?

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• HoP 481 True Fool’s Gold: Pierre Gassendi

  Gassendi’s path from skepticism to “baptized Epicureanism.”

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• HoP 480 Honorable Ignorance: French Skepticism

  So-called “libertines” like Mothe le Vayer revive ancient skepticism, provoking a backlash from Mersenne and Arnauld. Were they right to see the skeptics as anti-religious?

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• HoP 479 Gideon Manning on Cartesian Medicine

  An interview exploring Descartes' interest in medicine, how his medical ideas relate to his dualism, and his influence on medical science.

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• HoP 478 This Gland Is Your Gland: Cartesian Science

  From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.

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