Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age.
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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 05.10.2025HoP 477 The Mind Has No Sex: Cartesianism and Gender
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Folge vom 21.09.2025HoP 476 What He Should Have Said: the Early CartesiansEarly Cartesians including Cordemoy and de La Forge develop but also challenge Descartes’ ideas, defending atomism and occasionalism.
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Folge vom 07.09.2025HoP 475 Ariane Schneck on Elisabeth and DescartesWe finish our look at Elisabeth of Bohemia and Descartes by talking to Ariane Schneck about their correspondence, focusing on the mind-body problem and the passions.
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Folge vom 20.07.2025HoP 474 States of the Union: Descartes on the PassionsWhat do emotions reveal about the connection between mind and body? We turn to Descartes’ correspondence with Elisabeth and his On the Passions to find out.