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Peter Adamson
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Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich; hosts podcast about the History of Philosophy... without any gaps. www.historyofphilosophy.net

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Peter Scott Adamson is an American philosopher and intellectual historian. He holds two academic positions: professor of philosophy in late antiquity and in the Islamic world at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; and professor of ancient and medieval philosophy at King's College London. .. more

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · Dec 30
Thanks for following me here on Bluesky!

Here a link to my podcast on the History of Philosophy "without any gaps":

www.historyofphilosophy.net

And to the corresponding book series from Oxford University Press:

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Home | History of Philosophy without any gaps
Podcast by Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at LMU Munich and KCL London. Includes western, Islamic, Indian, and Africana philsosophy.
www.historyofphilosophy.net

Reposted by Peter Adamson, Martin Lenz

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 21h
A dictionary of Sanskrit philosophical terms (Sanskrit-French-English)
Jean-Marie Verpoorten, Répertoire des termes sanskrits des Ecoles philosophiques indiennes, Strasbourg, 2025, 751 p.

histoire.unistra.fr/websites/his...

#SanskritPhilosophy #philsky #philosophy
histoire.unistra.fr

Reposted by James A. Benn

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 2d
Our new podcast episode on #HoPWaG is the first of a mini-series on the Daoist classic, the Zhuangzi! We start by asking in what sense this is a "skeptical" work.

www.historyofphilosophy.net/zhuangzi-ske...

#podcast #daoism #philsky #philosophy

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 3d
New open access book on Chinese philosophy by Mike Beaney, focusing on the wonderful "happy fish" passage from the Zhuangzi!

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

#philsky #daoism #zhuangzi #philosophy #openaccess
The Joy of Chinese Philosophy
This book introduces some central ideas and themes in ancient Chinese philosophy through a detailed analysis of one famous passage – the happy fish dialogue – in the Zhuangzi , one of the two founding...
www.degruyterbrill.com

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 3d
He does come up, yes, though not quite that often! I like his translation too, not that I'm anyone to judge.

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 3d
Coming up on Sunday, we begin to look at everyone's favorite philosophical work from classical China, the Zhuangzi!

#hopwag #philsky #daoism #philosophy #podcast

Reposted by Peter Adamson, Lisa Bortolotti

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Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · 4d
Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads

Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning. theconversation.com/studying-phi... #philosophy #skills #thinking #PhilosophySky #philsky
Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.
theconversation.com

Reposted by David Papineau

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 9d
Today‘s new episode: French skepticism around the time of Descartes, with a focus on Mothe le Vayer:

historyofphilosophy.net/french-skept...

#philsky #philosophy #podcast #skepticism
480. Honorable Ignorance: French Skepticism | History of Philosophy without any gaps
historyofphilosophy.net

Reposted by Peter Adamson

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Extending New Naratives @ennhistphil.bsky.social · 13d
Season 5 of the ENN Podcast is here!

Jacinta Shrimpton speaks with Anna Ezekiel on Karoline von Günderrode: her metaphysics, politics, and ideas on self, friendship & gender.
Listen here: www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/podcast.html

(Also on Podbean, Spotify, iTunes)
#WomenPhilosophers #PhilSky
Podcast
The New Voices podcast consists of conversations about women philosophers and individuals from other groups who have been underrepresented in the history of European and Western philosophy: their...
www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 14d
Open access book on material aspects of ancient philosophy:

brill.com/display/titl...

#philsky #philosophy #ancientphilosophy #openaccess
brill.com

Reposted by Peter Adamson

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 14d
‘A modest rationalism was a natural response in the face of criticism aimed at the pretensions of Aristotelian science. Religious philosophers insisted on the limits of reason while demanding that it stay in its proper lane.’

@histphilosophy.bsky.social on Maimonides.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter Adamson · Five Hundred Parasangs: Maimonides works it out
God’s existence could be proved, Moses Maimonides thought, regardless of what we conclude about the eternity of the...
www.lrb.co.uk

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 15d
#philjobs #philsky
lmuphilosophy.bsky.social LMU Munich Philosophy Faculty @lmuphilosophy.bsky.social · 15d
LMU Munich is advertising a new W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education. Deadline: 15 Nov 2025. For more information, and to apply, follow this link: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b... #philosophy #education #professorship #academicjob #lmumunich
Professorship (W2) of Philosophy Education
job-portal.lmu.de

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LMU Munich Philosophy Faculty @lmuphilosophy.bsky.social · 15d
LMU Munich is advertising a new W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education. Deadline: 15 Nov 2025. For more information, and to apply, follow this link: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b... #philosophy #education #professorship #academicjob #lmumunich
Professorship (W2) of Philosophy Education
job-portal.lmu.de

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 15d
That's funny because one of the recent conversations I've had about this was with... Pierre Vesperini! He is here in Munich at the moment.

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 15d
In this new blog post I defend the use of the term "philosophy" to describe non-European intellectual traditions.

www.historyofphilosophy.net/philosophy-w...

(link corrected from a previous post)

#philosophy #philsky
www.historyofphilosophy.net

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 15d
Thanks for figuring this out! I'll repost

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 15d
Works for me, that's strange. Would love to know your reaction!

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 16d
Just put up this blog post in which I defend the use of the term "philosophy" to describe non-European intellectual traditions.

www.historyofphilosophy.net/philosophy-w...

#philsky #philosophy #globalphilosophy
www.historyofphilosophy.net

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 16d
Today's new #HoPWaG: the famous "Art of War" by Sunzi (or Sun Tzu, if you prefer), and its surprising links to Daoism!

www.historyofphilosophy.net/sunzi-art-of...

#artofwar #daoism #philsky #philosophy #podcast
Chinese terracotta army

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 16d
I just heard a podcast with Iris Ideldon-Shein about Jewish translations in early modern Europe, that was pretty interesting. Beyond that I'd look for books on "Jewish Enlightenment" or Haskalah eg the book by Feiner