TrueSciPhi

Podcast Profile: New Narratives in the History of Philosophy

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8 episodes
2018 to 2019
Median: 28 minutes
Collection: Philosophy

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Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):

This podcast features short, interview-based conversations that highlight women philosophers and current scholarship about their ideas. Across the episodes, researchers discuss early modern figures such as Émilie du Châtelet, Mary Astell, Anne Conway, and Margaret Cavendish, situating their work within the intellectual landscapes of their time and tracing how they engaged with contemporaries, sources, and debates.

The interviews emphasize both philosophical content and historical context. Listeners can expect attention to topics including metaphysics and value theory, as well as broader questions of influence, interaction, and reception—how these thinkers shaped, and were shaped by, the philosophical and cultural currents around them. Alongside introductions to individual philosophers, the conversations also address efforts to expand the philosophical canon and to build resources that make these figures more visible in teaching and research, including discussion of projects devoted to recovering and presenting their work. Image culture and other contextual materials are treated as part of understanding philosophy’s history, not merely as background.

Overall, the show aims to orient listeners to key figures and themes in the study of women in the history of philosophy, while pointing toward ways to learn more through ongoing academic projects and interpretive approaches.