What led Malebranche to his notorious view that all bodily motions and thoughts are caused by God, with created things serving only as “occasions” for divine action?

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What led Malebranche to his notorious view that all bodily motions and thoughts are caused by God, with created things serving only as “occasions” for divine action?

HoP 489 All Power to Him: Malebranche and Occasionalism

We begin to explore Malebranche’s controversial development of Cartesian philosophy by looking at his theodicy.

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We begin to explore Malebranche’s controversial development of Cartesian philosophy by looking at his theodicy.

HoP 488 No Particular Reason: Nicolas Malebranche

Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole update the study of logic to take account of the ideas of Descartes.

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Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole update the study of logic to take account of the ideas of Descartes.

HoP 487 Showing Good Judgment: The Port Royal Logic

Antoine Arnauld combines Cartesian philosophy with Jansenism, one of the most controversial religious movements of the 17th century.

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Antoine Arnauld combines Cartesian philosophy with Jansenism, one of the most controversial religious movements of the 17th century.

HoP 486 Friends of the Truth: Arnauld and Jansenism

An interview on contemporary approaches to Pascal's Wager: where decision theory meets philosophy of religion.

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An interview on contemporary approaches to Pascal's Wager: where decision theory meets philosophy of religion.

HoP 485 Liz Jackson on Pascal's Wager

Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps". www.historyofphilosophy.net

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