History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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.” The series looks at the ideas, lives and historical context...
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- Steven Nadler1 ep
- Liz Jackson1 ep
- Glenn Adamson1 ep
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- 🇺🇸United States · PhilosophyHOME#13394K to 2.1M
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · Philosophy#851K to 268K
- 🇨🇦Canada · Philosophy#1910K to 56K
- 🇦🇺Australia · Philosophy#179.5K to 50K
- 🇲🇽Mexico · Philosophy#207.6K to 40K
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556K to 2.9M🎙 Monthly cadence·506 episodes·Last published 3d ago - Monthly Reach
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617K to 3.3M🇺🇸71%🇬🇧9%🇨🇦2%+11 more - Active Followers
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247K to 1.3M
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/25/26 | HoP 502 United States: the Dutch Republic | The period of political turmoil and experimentation in liberty that set the stage for philosophers including Grotius and Spinoza. | 22m 56s | ||||||
| 10/11/26 | HoP 501 Mara van der Lugt on Bayle and Pessimism | An interview on the surprising comforts to be found in the philosophy of pessimism, focusing on Bayle but looking all the way forward to Schopenhauer. | 33m 19s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 | HoP 500e Daniel Watson on Medieval Irish Philosophy | In the last of five episodes to celebrate reaching the episode 500 mark by looking at things he skipped in earlier series, Peter talks to Daniel Watson about philosophy in early medieval Ireland. | 35m 12s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 | HoP 500d Ted Good on Zoroastrianism | In the fourth of five episodes to celebrate reaching the episode 500 mark by looking at things he skipped in earlier series, Peter talks to Ted Good about philosophy and the Persian religion of Zoroastrianism. | 49m 19s | ||||||
| 10/3/26 | HoP 500c Troels Engberg-Pedersen on St Paul and the Stoics | In the third of five episodes to mark the 500 episode milestone, an expert on Paul's letters tells us how Stoic ideas shaped his philosophy and theology. | 41m 28s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 | HoP 500b Melissa Lane on Herotodus and Thucydides | Our second episode in celebration of reaching the 500 mark fills a significant gap: Melissa Lane helps us to understand the ancient Greek historians Herotodus and Thucydides, including their relationship to Plato. | 43m 52s | ||||||
| 9/27/26 | HoP 500a Marguerite Johnson on Sappho | In the first of five episodes to celebrate reaching the episode 500 mark by looking at things he skipped in earlier series, Peter talks to a leading expert on the poems of Sappho. | 50m 00s | ||||||
| 9/13/26 | HoP 499 Beyond Belief: Bayle, Toleration, and Atheism | Pierre Bayle argues that religious disagreements should be tolerated and that there are powerful arguments against monotheism, even as some contemporaries embrace outright atheism. | 23m 37s | ||||||
| 8/16/26 | philosophybooks+3 | Glenn Adamson | A Century of Tomorrows | — | Glenn AdamsonA Century of Tomorrows+3 | — | 42m 13s | ||
| 7/26/26 | skepticismfideism+3 | — | Historical and Critical Dictionary | — | Pierre BayleHistorical and Critical Dictionary+3 | — | 20m 31s | ||
| 7/12/26 | Quietismself-love+3 | — | — | — | QuietismJeanne Guyon+4 | — | 19m 10s | ||
| 6/28/26 | neo-classical tragedypassion+3 | — | — | — | Racinetragedy+4 | — | 16m 51s | ||
| 6/14/26 | MolièreFrench moralism+3 | — | Comedy of Errors | Paris | Molièrecomedy+3 | — | 18m 03s | ||
| 5/31/26 | French moralistshuman pride+4 | — | — | — | French moralistsLa Rochefoucauld+5 | — | 23m 01s | ||
| 5/17/26 | French formal gardenCartesian philosophy+3 | — | French monarchyCartesian philosophy | French garden | French gardenCartesian philosophy+3 | — | 21m 18s | ||
| 5/3/26 | French ScholasticismCartesianism+4 | — | French ScholasticismCartesianism+1 | — | French ScholasticismCartesianism+4 | — | 21m 18s | ||
| 4/19/26 | philosophyideas+4 | — | vision in God | — | ArnauldMalebranche+3 | — | 19m 05s | ||
| 4/5/26 | occasionalism17th century philosophy+3 | Steven Nadler | 17th century Cartesians | — | occasionalismCartesians+5 | — | 32m 15s | ||
| 3/22/26 | MalebrancheOccasionalism+3 | — | — | God | MalebrancheOccasionalism+3 | — | 21m 17s | ||
| 3/8/26 | Cartesian philosophytheodicy+3 | — | — | — | Nicolas MalebrancheCartesian philosophy+3 | — | 19m 34s | ||
| 2/22/26 | logicphilosophy+4 | — | Port Royal Logic | — | logicphilosophy+4 | — | 21m 58s | ||
| 2/8/26 | Cartesian philosophyJansenism+3 | — | Cartesian philosophyJansenism | — | Antoine ArnauldCartesian philosophy+3 | — | 19m 32s | ||
| 1/25/26 | Pascal's Wagerdecision theory+3 | Liz Jackson | Pascal's Wager | — | Pascal's Wagerdecision theory+3 | — | 38m 41s | ||
| 1/11/26 | beliefGod+3 | — | Pascal’s Wager | — | Pascal's Wagerbelief in God+3 | — | 22m 41s | ||
| 12/28/25 | Blaise Pascalscience+3 | — | — | — | Blaise Pascalscientist+3 | — | 20m 13s | ||
| 12/14/25 | atomismmodern science+3 | — | atomism | — | atomismSébatian Basso+3 | — | 20m 04s | ||
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Chart history for History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
Peaked at #4 in SG, top 10 in 5 of 50 tracked markets, currently #4 in SG.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| SG | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| Norway | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| PL | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| Denmark | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| United States | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| Netherlands | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| PT | — | #14 | #14 | — |
| IS | — | #14 | #14 | — |
| CO | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| KE | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| Spain | — | #16 | #16 | — |
| Sweden | — | #16 | #16 | — |
| PH | — | #16 | #16 | — |
| Australia | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| Finland | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| HK | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| Canada | — | #19 | #19 | — |
| MY | — | #19 | #19 | — |
| HU | — | #20 | #20 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 48 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 48 markets.