HoP 491 Image Problems: Arnauld vs Malebranche on Ideas
19/04/2026 | 19 min
Arnauld’s attack on Malebranche’s theory of the “vision in God” leads to a nuanced debate over the nature of ideas.
HoP 490 Steven Nadler on Occasionalism
05/04/2026 | 32 min
What inspired the occasionalist theory embraced by the 17th century Cartesians? We find out from a leading specialist on the topic.
HoP 489 All Power to Him: Malebranche and Occasionalism
22/03/2026 | 21 min
What led Malebranche to his notorious view that all bodily motions and thoughts are caused by God, with created things serving only as “occasions” for divine action?
HoP 488 No Particular Reason: Nicolas Malebranche
08/03/2026 | 19 min
We begin to explore Malebranche’s controversial development of Cartesian philosophy by looking at his theodicy.
HoP 487 Showing Good Judgment: The Port Royal Logic
22/02/2026 | 21 min
Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole update the study of logic to take account of the ideas of Descartes.
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