Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes list
John Scotus Eriugena debates free will with his rival Gottschalk, arguing that God predestines the s
Alcuin leads a resurgence of interest in philosophy and the liberal arts at the court of Charlemagne
Peter launches the series of podcasts on philosophy in medieval Latin Christendom with a look ahead
Anke von Kügelgen joins Peter to discuss developments over the last century or so, including attitud
From Sabzawārī in the 19th century to Seyyed Hossein Nasr today, Iranian thinkers promote and respon
Muḥammad 'Abdūh and Muḥammad Iqbāl challenge colonialism and the traditional religious scholars of I
Fatema Mernissi and others challenge the long-standing (but not complete) exclusion of women from th
18th and 19th century intellectuals in India and the Ottoman empire, from Shāh Walī Allāh to the You
Kātib Çelebi defends cigarettes and coffee, in just one of several philosophical and religious debat
Ideas spread to Mughal India from Iran, and prince Dārā Shikūh seeks to unite the wisdom of the Upan
Sajjad Rizvi talks to Peter about Mullā Ṣadrā's views on eternity, God's knowledge and the afterlife
Mullā Ṣadrā proposes that all things are like sharks: in constant motion.
Mullā Ṣadrā, greatest thinker of early modern Iran, unveils his radical new understanding of existen
Philosophy in Safavid Iran, and a look back at earlier philosophy among Shiites.
Robert Wisnovsky joins Peter to discuss the enormous body of unstudied philosophical commentaries in
The roots of the Safavid philosophical tradition in some rather ill-tempered debates at Shīrāz.
Philosophy and science survive and even thrive through the coming of the Mongols.
The controversial jurist Ibn Taymiyya sets forth an originalist theory of law and a searching critic
Later Islamic logicians try to solve the Liar Paradox and take on the advances of Avicenna's logic.
Peter is joined by Mohammed Rustom in a discussion about Sufi authors including Ibn 'Arabī and Rūmī
