Roger Bacon extols the power of science based on experience and uses a general theory of "species" to explain light and vision.
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Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps". www.historyofphilosophy.net
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Folge vom 05.07.2015HoP 231 - Origin of Species - Roger Bacon
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Folge vom 28.06.2015HoP 230 - A Light That Never Goes Out - Robert GrossetesteTranslator, scientist and theologian Robert Grosseteste sheds light on the cosmos, human understanding, and the rainbow.
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Folge vom 21.06.2015HoP 229 - Do the Right Thing - Thirteenth Century EthicsThe scholastics explore Aristotle’s ethical teaching and the concept of moral conscience.
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Folge vom 14.06.2015HoP 228 - It's All Good - The TranscendentalsPhilip the Chancellor introduces the transcendentals, a key idea in medieval metaphysics and aesthetics.