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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This podcast features short interviews with scholars and others interested in women philosophers, with a particular emphasis on early modern figures and on how their work fits into, and reshapes, standard histories of philosophy. Across the conversations, guests introduce listeners to philosophers such as Émilie du Châtelet, Mary Astell, Anne Conway, and Margaret Cavendish, outlining their major ideas and intellectual projects while also situating them within the debates, networks, and cultures of their time.

A recurring focus is how these thinkers engaged with contemporaries and interlocutors, how philosophical influence moved between individuals, and how their contributions bear on central areas of philosophy, including metaphysics and value theory. The discussions also address practical questions of historiography: how the philosophical canon is formed, what gets left out, and what it means to expand narratives of the discipline to better represent women’s work.

In addition to philosophical content, the podcast highlights research-oriented themes such as methods for studying under-recognized figures, the role of image culture in the early modern period, and efforts like Project Vox that support teaching and public access to resources on women philosophers. Overall, the series aims to provide accessible entry points into both the ideas of these philosophers and the broader project of revising how the history of philosophy is told.