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Peter Scott Adamson is an American philosopher and intellectual historian. He holds two academic positions: professor of philosophy in late… more

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I wonder if you could really get money for that study?

When I hear my own voice recorded I always think it sounds like him; my theory is that this is why my own voice doesn't bother me when I listen back to the podcast episodes (many people hate the sound of their own voice "from outside").
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by Peter Adamson — Reposted by: James A. Benn

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A study has just been published comparing writings by three pairs of twins to see whether they write differently, including me and my art historian brother Glenn. The upshot is that our styles are apparently very dissimilar.

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YFIRR...

#linguistics #twinstudies #philsky
Do Identical Twins Write Identically? Evidence from Authorship Attribution
This study investigates the writing styles of identical twins to determine if their shared genetics result in identical writing. We used computational authorship analysis techniques on writing samp...
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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. | @histphilosophy.bsky.social www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesianism... #Descartes #women #philsky
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Opening here at the LMU: a W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education at the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion. The position combines research in philosophy with a strong focus on didactics.

Application deadline: 15 November 2025

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Professorship (W2) of Philosophy Education
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by Peter Adamson — Reposted by: Sven Nyholm, James A. Benn

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Opening here at the LMU: a W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education at the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion. The position combines research in philosophy with a strong focus on didactics.

Application deadline: 15 November 2025

job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b...
Professorship (W2) of Philosophy Education
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by Peter Adamson — Reposted by: Peter Adamson

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Today's new episode: Cartesianism and Gender

www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesianism...

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.

#philsky #podcast
Early modern image of women in 17th c France
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by Peter Adamson — Reposted by: Peter Adamson, Elisa Freschi

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Miira Tuominen and I edited this new book from Brill with no fewer than 25 chapters on various aspects of ancient and medieval philosophy in Greek, Arabic, and Latin texts. Actually there's a little Persian in there too.

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Animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Philosophy
"Animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Philosophy" published on 29 Sep 2025 by Brill.
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by Peter Adamson

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Coming up in a few hours on the new #HoPWaG podcast episode...

Cartesianism and women: why figures like Poullain de la Barre (whose name I just managed to spell right on the first try!) thought Descartes' ideas would be an ideal basis for arguing in favor of gender equality.
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What He Should Have Said: the Early Cartesians

Early Cartesians including Cordemoy and de La Forge develop, but also challenge, Descartes’ ideas, defending atomism and occasionalism. s361.podbean.com/pb/e3724a8b2... #EarlyCartesians #Descartes #philosophy #philsky
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by Elisa Freschi — Reposted by: Peter Adamson

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In logic as discussed by Nyāya and Buddhist epistemologists, each syllogism requires two examples, one of something like the subject at hand (hence, an example bringing an analogy), and one of something unlike it (hence, an example bringing a disanalogy).
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In a week (Oct. 10) at U of Toronto:

A one-day event celebrating the ideas of women in philosophy as presented by women from Toronto's philosophy department.

philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/ideas-...

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Ideas of Women in Philosophy - Department of Philosophy
A one-day event celebrating the ideas of women in philosophy as presented by women from our very own department.
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by Peter Adamson — Reposted by: Jonathan Wolff

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I was traveling so didn't get a chance to post links to the most recent episodes. Here they are!

The Early Cartesians

www.historyofphilosophy.net/early-cartes...

Feminity in the Laozi (Daodejing)

www.historyofphilosophy.net/laozi-femini...

#daoism #philsky #descartes
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by Peter Adamson

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Other brands of window and glass spray are available
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Reposted by: Peter Adamson, Elisa Freschi

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Fresh off the press! A paper in a wonderful volume edited by Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social and Miira Tuominen ("Animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Philosophy"). This has been the most fun I had in writing a paper, as it combines my favourite topics: Aristotle, animals, and artefacts.
Marilù Papandreou, Builders and Weavers of the Animal Kingdom: Non-Human Poiêsis in Aristotle and the Ancient Commentators - PhilPapers
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Coming up on Sunday's new #HoPWaG episode, we look at the early thinkers who followed in the wake of Descartes, like Cordemoy and La Forge, and discover how they already began to develop the theory of occasionalism!

#philsky #descartes
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by Peter Adamson

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Reminds me of the Epicurean argument against fearing death: it makes no sense because you will not miss life once it is lost. Different rationale (you won't be there to miss it) but the argument is structurally similar.
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