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Author: "Peter Adamson"

Philosophy for the Young, Medieval Style

Peter Adamson on battles over the trivium and quadrivium.
[Issue 129: December 2018 / January 2019: Philosophy Then]

A Vindication of A Vindication

Peter Adamson asks what Mary Wollstonecraft wanted.
[Issue 128: October/November 2018: Philosophy Then]

Can Confucians Have Friends?

Peter Adamson says the bonds of friendship are virtuous.
[Issue 126: June/July 2018: Philosophy Then]

Wittgenstein & The War

Peter Adamson says one good thing came out of WW1.
[Issue 124: February/March 2018: Philosophy Then]

When Your Favorite Philosopher is a Bigot

Peter Adamson considers possible ways forward.
[Issue 123: December 2017 / January 2018: Philosophy Then]

Who Speaks For Socrates?

Peter Adamson finds Socrates speaking for everyone else.
[Issue 122: October/November 2017: Philosophy Then]

Don’t Be So Sure

Peter Adamson on skepticism in the history of philosophy.
[Issue 121: August/September 2017: Philosophy Then]

The Philosopher as Historian

Peter Adamson on Russell’s History of Western Philosophy.
[Issue 120: June/July 2017: Philosophy Then]

The Right to Be Poor

Peter Adamson looks into the surprising derivation of the right to property ownership.
[Issue 118: February/March 2017: Philosophy Then]

What is Metaphysics Anyway?

Peter Adamson considers Aristotle’s original use of the term.
[Issue 117: December 2016 / January 2017: Philosophy Then]