[Very Short Introductions 01] • Medieval Philosophy, A Very Short Introduction by Marenbon, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page Contents Acknowledgements List of illustrations 1 Introduction

Three mistakes about medieval philosophy Medieval philosophy and historical analysis

2 A map of earlier medieval philosophy

Late antiquity and its Platonic schools Five originators of the medieval traditions Philosophy in the continuity and collapse of the Roman Empire The beginning of Arabic philosophy Latin philosophy in the 12th century Muslim and Jewish philosophy in the Islamic West Philosophy and kalām in the Islamic East after Avicenna

3 A map of later medieval philosophy

Earlier and later medieval philosophy Translations into Latin and the universities The university theologians, 1200–1350 The Arts Masters and non-university philosophy in Western Europe, 1200–c.1400 Later Byzantine philosophy Jewish philosophy, 1200–1350 Arabic philosophy, 1200–1600 Philosophy and theology in the universities, 1350–1600 Humanism and Latin philosophy outside the universities Jewish philosophy, 1350–1600 When does medieval philosophy end?

4 Fields of medieval philosophy

Logic Metaphysics Epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language Ethics and political philosophy Philosophy of religion

5 Institutions and literary forms

Philosophy outside and inside institutions The universities and other settings for Latin philosophy A culture of commentaries The quaestio Summas and treatises Dialogues and other literary forms

6 Universals (Avicenna and Abelard)

The problem of universals in antiquity Avicenna on universals Early medieval realism Abelard on universals Duns Scotus: transforming Avicenna’s solution Ockham_ nominalism again

7 Mind, body, and mortality (Averroes and Pomponazzi)

8 Foreknowledge and freedom (Boethius and Gersonides)

The problem of future truth Contingency, necessity, and free will Boethius’ solution to the problem of prescience After Boethius Before Gersonides Gersonides on Maimonides Gersonides’ own solution to the problem of prescience

9 Society and the best life (Ibn Ṭufayl and Dante)

Al-Fārābī and Ibn Bājja, Ibn Ṭufayl’s predecessors Ibn Ṭufayl Augustine and Marsilius of Padua Dante

10 Why medieval philosophy? Timeline References Further Reading Index Social Media Online Catalogue Philosophy in the Islamic World