Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes list
Abraham Ibn Ezra, Ibn Daud and Maimonides consider the philosophical implications of astrology as sc
Judah Hallevi argues that Judaism has a better claim to belief than philosophy, Christianity, or Isl
Peter chats with Sarah Pessin about the Neoplatonism of Jewish philosophers such as Isaac Israeli, I
Neoplatonism returns in Ibn Gabriol, who controversially holds that everything apart from God has bo
The historian Ibn Khaldūn applies the methods of philosophy to understand the rise and fall of polit
Sufism, the mystical tradition of Islam, collides with philosophy in the work of Ibn ʿArabī.
Averroes scholar Richard C. Taylor joins Peter to talk about Averroes' views on the relation between
Averroes defends the rather surprising notion that all of mankind shares a single intellect.
A special 150th double interview episode on the transmission of philosophy from Arabic into Latin.
An introduction to “the Commentator” Averroes, and his defense of philosophy in the Decisive Treatis
Intellect and alienation in Ibn Bājja and Ibn Ṭufayl, author of the philosophical desert island cast
The development of Islamic law and jurisprudence (fiqh), and the many-sided output of the legal theo
The flowering of philosophy among Muslims and Jews in al-Andalus (Muslim-controlled Spain and Portug
Why did al-Ghazālī judge "the philosophers" to be apostates? Peter finds out from Frank Griffel.
In his “Incoherence of the Philosophers,” al-Ghazālī attacks Avicenna’s theories about the eternity
Al-Ghazālī’s search for truth leads him to philosophy, Asharite theology, and ultimately the mystica
Peter talks to Dimitri Gutas about Avicenna's sources, philosophical methods, and influence.
With his Flying Man argument, Avicenna explores self-awareness and the relation between soul and bod
Avicenna’s proof of the Necessary Existent is ingenious and influential; but does it amount to a pro
Avicenna revolutionizes metaphysics with groundbreaking ideas about necessity and contingency, and h
