Contextualizing Premodern Philosophy: Explorations of the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin Traditions

This volume focuses on points of interaction between discrete historical contexts, religions, and cultures found within the premodern period. The contributions connect thinkers from antiquity through the Middle Ages and include philosophers from the three major monotheistic faiths-Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.

Katja Krause, a historian of philosophy and science, is professor of the history of science at the Technische Universität Berlin and leads the research group ＂Experience in the Premodern Sciences of Soul and Body, ca. 800-1650＂ at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin.

Luis Xavier López-Farjeat, professor of philosophy at Universidad Panamericana, Mexico, has published widely on classical Islamic philosophy. He is co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Islamic Philosophy (2016), associate director of the ＂Aquinas and ’the Arabs’ International Working Group,＂ and editor of Tópicos, Journal of Philosophy.

Nicholas A. Oschman is a scholar of classical philosophy in the lands of Islam and a member and officer of the ＂Aquinas and ’the Arabs’ International Working Group.＂ He currently teaches at the Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, TN.