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HoPWaG Volume 8, on Philosophy in the Reformation, is out! Here it is with its happy author.

You can get it from Oxford University Press:

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Peter with HOPWAG volumes
April 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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As of today the original #HoPWAG series has reached 500 episodes! Thanks to all who have listened and the many who have supported the series over the years, not least all the interview guests.

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Special logo to celebrate 500 episodes
September 27, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Hello from Toronto, where HoPWaG co-author Jonardon Ganeri brought me to this "paraconsistent cafe", as he put it.

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September 22, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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It's coming... first episode this coming Sunday, March 10!

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March 5, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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In a few hour #HoPWaG returns with a look at Bayle and early modern atheism!
September 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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Congratulations Peter on HoPWAG episode 500 🥳🍾🙌
and filling in a gap with an episode on Sappho! #philsky 🏺
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A well-known portrait of Sappho from Pompeii, Insula Occidentalis. 55-79 AD from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (photo by me).
September 27, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Another Descartes episode for you today: we look at a less appreciated part of his philosophy, his ethics!

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June 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Coming up tomorrow on #HoPWaG: we meet Pierre Gassendi, who rivaled Descartes as an early French protagonist of the "new science."
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Tomorrow on #HoPWaG we kick off a mini-series on the Mohists, the ancient Chinese school who were the first ever consequentialists.
February 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Coming up tomorrow on #HoPWaG: I discuss Carlo Ginzburg's famous study of "popular philosophy" in 16th century Italy, The Cheese and the Worms. Does his method of "microhistory" make an important contribution to the history of philosophy?

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Cover of Ginzburg's book
December 7, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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Folks we are actually starting early modern philosophy on the podcast tomorrow!

I will kick off the coverage of the 17-18th centuries by asking, along with Kant, Foucault, Jonathan Israel and others: what the heck is Enlightenment, anyway?

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February 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Coming up on Sunday, we begin to look at everyone's favorite philosophical work from classical China, the Zhuangzi!

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November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Coming up tomorrow on #HoPWaG, we conclude the Counter-Reformation miniseries with an interview: Eileen Reeves chats with me about Galileo and the telescope!

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January 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Today's new episode: Cartesian Science!

From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.

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Early modern diagram of the brain
October 19, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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How French scholasticism changed with the times across the 17th century, culminating with the Academy of Sciences, on today's new #HoPWaG episode:

www.historyofphilosophy.net/french-schol...

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May 3, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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The time has come!

We finally start coverage of early modern philosophy (17-18th centuries) on the #HoPWaG podcast, beginning with an episode on the concept of "Enlightenment."

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Philosophers at a salon
February 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Just got the word that HoPWaG volume 7, "Africana Philosophy from Ancient Egypt to the Nineteenth Century" by myself and Chike Jeffers, has gone to print! It will be out on April 24, 2025. You can pre-order here:

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Book cover
March 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Daston fans can also hear her on this episode from the #HoPWaG podcast, talking about wonders and monsters in Renaissance science:

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March 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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The first new #HoPWaG podcast episode of the year: Galileo faced persecution from the church over his Copernicanism. What philosophical issues were at stake? Join me to find out...

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Painting of Galileo's trial
January 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Exciting news: I've just submitted the manuscript for the eighth volume in the #HoPWaG book series, which will cover Philosophy in the Reformation. Hope the referees like it!

You can see all the previous volumes here:

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HoPWaG: the Books | History of Philosophy without any gaps
Here is a list of Peter's edited and authored books, starting with the books based on the podcast series. For the whole series you can also go the publisher's site to see both hardback and paperback o...
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November 10, 2024 at 11:50 AM
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Coming up on #HoPWaG on Sunday: I talk to Erica Brindley about music and the cosmos in classical Confucianism!
November 29, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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Today on #HoPWaG we kick off our coverage of early modern philosophy in France and the Netherlands!

This opening episode discusses the historical context, which was... challenging.

www.historyofphilosophy.net/france-nethe...

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March 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Coming up this weekend on #HoPWaG: we look at Confucian epistemology, and the difference between knowing that, knowing how... and "knowing to".

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November 15, 2024 at 7:28 AM
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It's a special occasion this week, as we start to look at Malebranche on #HoPWaG! Starting with his solution to the problem of evil.

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March 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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Coming up tomorrow on the new podcast episode of #HoPWaG, we look at Arnauld and Jansenism, and why this intense religious movement is associated with Cartesianism.
February 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM