History of Philosophy Pieces

About History of Philosophy Pieces

Ten-minute-ish teasers in the history of philosophy, with changing AI voices for added spice, but written by a professor of philosophy.

Publisher

Marnie Binder, PhD

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Jul 2025

Latest episode

10 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

15 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Jul 2025

   Fallacious Appeals: Five Common Errors in Logic

   This podcast examines five common fallacious appeals in argumentation.

2. 

   10 Jul 2025

   Logical Fallacies Everyone Should Know: Part Two

   Continue with this longer list of extended logical fallacies that everyone should know, part two!

3. 

   10 Jul 2025

   Logical Fallacies Everyone Should Know: Part One

   Fallacies are so pervasive that the more we are on gaurd, the better prepared we are to ward them off!

4. 

   10 Jul 2025

   The Moral Philosophy of Peter Abelard

   What was Peter Abelard’s lesser-known moral philosophy?

5. 

   10 Jul 2025

   The Analects of Confucius

   This podcast briefly summarizes The Analects of Confucius.

6. 

   10 Jul 2025

   Saint Augustine's Narrative of the Two Cities

   What was Saint Augustine’s narrative of the two cities, the City of God and the City of the World, all about?

7. 

   10 Jul 2025

   Roman Philosophy

   This podcast explores five important philosophies from the Ancient Roman period, along with some key proponents from each school.

8. 

   10 Jul 2025

   Sartre: Hell is Other People!

   Existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre argued that “Hell is—other people”; what did he mean by that?

9. 

   10 Jul 2025

   The Consolations of Boethius

   What were the consolations discovered by Boethius?

10. 

    10 Jul 2025

    Lou Salomé and Friedrich Nietzsche

    Was Lou Salomé an embodiment of Friedrich Nietzsche’s ideal human, the “Übermensch”?

11. 

    10 Jul 2025

    Muslim Philosophers of the Medieval Period

    This podcast explores five important thinkers: al-Kindi, al-Farabi, Avicenna, the anti-philosopher of the group, al-Ghazali, and arguably the most influential of them all, Averroes.

12. 

    10 Jul 2025

    Medieval Jewish Philosophers

    This podcast explores some of the important Jewish philosophers of the Middle Ages.

13. 

    10 Jul 2025

    Jane Addams

    Who Was Jane Addams, the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize from the United States?

14. 

    9 Jul 2025

    Saint Augustine: A Philosopher of History

    Was Saint Augustine the first philosopher of (not in) history, or is that a misnomer?

15. 

    9 Jul 2025

    Who Was Christine de Pizan?

    This podcast explores the incredible yet under-appreciated first woman on record in the west to make a living off her writing, Christine de Pizan.

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YouTube views

326,562

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100

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Quality

65

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

0

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