Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes list
Despite a tumultuous life, Avicenna manages to become the most influential of all medieval philosoph
Al-Ash‘arī puts his stamp on the future of Islamic theology by emphasizing God’s untrammeled power a
Peter is joined by Farhad Daftary, a leading expert on the Shiite group known as the Ismā'īlīs.
Miskawayh, al-‘Amiri, al-Tawhidi, the Brethren of Purity and Ismaili missionaries bring together phi
Drawing on Galen and Aristotle, philosophers from al-Kindi to Miskawayh compose ethical works design
Peter turns DJ, with some actual music interspersed with discussion about theories of music in Arabi
Ibn al-Haytham draws on the tradition of geometrical optics to explain the mystery of human eyesight
Deborah Black joins Peter to talk about al-Farabi's innovations concerning knowledge and certainty.
Al-Fārābī combines Islam and Greek sources to present the ideal ruler as a philosopher who is also a
Peter begins to look at the systematic rethinking of Hellenic philosophy offered by al-Farabi, focus
A group of mostly Christian philosophers transpose the practices of antique Aristotelian philosophy
A double dose of Peters, as Pormann joins Adamson to discuss medicine and philosophy in the Islamic
The doctor and philosopher Abu Bakr al-Razi sets out a daring philosophical theory involving five et
Saadia Gaon draws on Greek philosophy and Islamic theology to provide a rational account of Jewish b
The roots of Jewish philosophy in the Islamic world, focusing on the Rabbinic background in the Mish
Al-Kindī uses Hellenic materials to discuss the eternity of the world, divine attributes, and the na
Greek philosophy and science make their way into the Islamic world via Syriac and Arabic translation
A first look at the philosophical contributions of Islamic theology (kalām) and its political contex
The rise of Islam creates a new context for philosophy not only among Muslims, but also Jews and Chr
John Marenbon joins Peter to discuss Boethius' solution to the problem of divine foreknowledge.
