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 presents short, interview-based conversations focused on women philosophers and on expanding the historical narrative of philosophy beyond the traditional canon. Across the episodes, scholars discuss early modern figures such as Émilie du Châtelet, Mary Astell, Anne Conway, and Margaret Cavendish, treating them as serious contributors to debates in metaphysics, value theory, and broader philosophical inquiry. The interviews frequently situate these philosophers within their intellectual networks, tracing influences, interlocutors, and the ways their ideas interacted with contemporaries and shaped later thought.

Alongside introductions to individual philosophers, the series highlights research tools and public-facing projects that support studying and teaching women in the history of philosophy, including attention to how historical “image culture” and other contextual materials affect philosophical reception. The overall emphasis is on helping listeners learn who these philosophers were, what problems they engaged, and how current historians of philosophy approach recovering, interpreting, and integrating their work into more inclusive accounts of the discipline.