Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes list
Scotus, Ockham, and Bradwardine ask how we can be free if God knows and chooses the things we will d
Walter Burley flies the flag for realism against Ockham and other nominalists.
An interview with Susan Brower-Toland covering Ockham's views on cognition, consciousness, and memor
How the language of thought relates to spoken and written language, according to William of Ockham.
Ockham trims away the unnecessary entities posited by other scholastics.
William of Ockham on freedom of action and freedom of thought.
In his book Defender of the Peace, Marsilius of Padua develops new theories of representative govern
Peter muses on recent political events in light of the history of philosophy.
Giles of Rome and Dante on the rival claims of the church and secular rulers.
Italy’s greatest poet Dante Alighieri was also a philosopher, as we learn from his Convivio and of c
Marguerite Porete is put to death for her exploration of the love of God, The Mirror of Simple Souls
A conversation with Tom Pink about medieval theories of freedom and action.
An introduction to philosophy in the 14th century, focusing on two big ideas: nominalism and volunta
Peter hears about Duns Scotus' epistemology from expert Giorgio Pini.
Scotus explains how things can share a nature in common while being unique individuals.
Scotus argues that morality is a matter of freely choosing to follow God’s freely issued commands.
Scotus develops a novel theory of free will and, along the way, rethinks the notions of necessity an
Duns Scotus attacks the proposal of Aquinas and Henry of Ghent that being is subject to analogy.
Medieval discussions of the Trinity charted new metaphysical territory, as we see in this interview
Philosophy is pushed to its limits to provide rational explanations of two Christian theological doc
