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New episode! Benefit, Then Stop: Mohism and Impartial Care How did the Mohists establish their consequentialist ethic of “impartial care (jian ’ai)”? historyofphilosophy.net/mohism-imparti…

Just a note to the last few humans left on Twitter that today on HoPWaG we kick off our coverage of early modern philosophy in France and the Netherlands: historyofphilosophy.net/france-netherl… Find me on Bluesky @histphilosophy

In late March and the first half of April, I'll be giving talks at a bunch of East Coast universities in the USA and Canada (Lehigh, Yale, Fordham, Boston College, Dalhousie). Details here, please come on down to see me if you can! historyofphilosophy.net/peter-north-am…

Time for some more Mohism on the History of Philosophy in China podcast! In this episode Karyn and I look at the disputes between this school and the other leading ethical tradition of the Warring States period, the Confucians. historyofphilosophy.net/mohism-confuci…

A mere 14 1/2 years after starting the podcast, we have finally gotten to Descartes! We kick off a mini-series on him today with a look at his life and works: historyofphilosophy.net/descartes-life…

It's out! And my wonderful co-author Chike Jeffers already has his copies. You can order it here: global.oup.com/academic/produ…

More Mohism on the podcast this week as we look at their thoughts on a timely subject: critique of aggressive warfare. historyofphilosophy.net/mohism-war-pol…

New episode for you today, on Descartes' physics! Given his mathematical theory of body, how could he explain qualitative features like color and heat, or even why things move around? historyofphilosophy.net/descartes-phys…

Me and my fantastic co-author Chike Jeffers, finally meeting in person to launch our first book on Africana Philosophy! global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Most reviews of Western philosophy skip from Aristotle (300s BC) to Descartes (1600s AD). If you take an undergrad phil course you might do Aristotle in week 2, Descartes in week 3. The History of Philosophy pod took 14 years to cover what happened in between... dedication

In today's new episode, Ting Mien Lee helps us to explore the differences, and commonalities, between Mohism and Confucianism: historyofphilosophy.net/mohism-lee

My paper “Avicenna and Khūnajī on de re and de dicto Modality” is now out in British Journal for the History of Philosophy. Thanks to LMU, the paper is open access. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Today it's another new podcast episode on Descartes! How he fashioned a “method” to repel even the strongest and most radical forms of doubt, with the cogito argument as its foundation. historyofphilosophy.net/descartes-skep…

Today on #HoPWaG, Karyn and I look at religious themes in Mohism! Major themes include the rejection of fate and defense of sacrificing to ancestral spirits ("ghosts"). historyofphilosophy.net/mohism-religion

Tomorrow afternoon at Università di Pavia Peter Adamson (Peter Adamson) and Pasquale Porro will discuss the criteria for establishing a canon for the history of philosophy. Join us!

Why is Descartes' name synonymous with mind-body dualism, why was he so convinced by this theory, and how did he explain vital activities in the body if there is no "soul"? Find out the answers on today's new podcast: historyofphilosophy.net/descartes-dual…

A nice podcast on Descartes's interpretation of the mind-body dualism and vital activities

New episode of the History of Philosophy in China! This week we tackle Mohist theories of language and logic, with a brief foray to Gongsun Long's "white horse not horse" paradox. historyofphilosophy.net/series/classic…