Medieval Philosophy: A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 4 [Paperback]

Adamsom offers a lively and accessible tour through 600 years of intellectual history, offering a feast of new ideas in every area of philosophy. He introduces us to some of the greatest thinkers of the Western tradition including Abelard, Anselm, Aquinas, Hildegard of Bingen, and Julian of Norwich.Peter Adamson presents a lively introduction to six hundred years of European philosophy, from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the fourteenth century. The medieval period is one of the richest in the history of philosophy, yet one of the least widely known. Adamson introduces us to some of the greatest thinkers of the Western intellectual tradition, including Peter Abelard, Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, and Roger Bacon. And the medieval period was notable for the emergence of great women thinkers, including Hildegard of Bingen, Marguerite Porete, and Julian of Norwich. Original ideas and arguments were developed in every branch of philosophy during this period - not just philosophy of religion and theology, but metaphysics, philosophy of logic and language, moral and political theory, psychology, and the foundations of mathematics and natural science.PrefaceEarly Medieval Philosophy1. Arts of Darkness: Introduction to Medieval Philosophy2. Charles in Charge: Alcuin and the Carolingian Period3. Grace Notes: Eriugena and the Predestination Controversy4. Much Ado About Nothing: Eriugena's Periphyseon5. Philosophers Anonymous: The Roots of Scholasticism6. Virgin Territory: Peter Damian on Changing the Past7. A Canterbury Tale: Anselm's Life and Works8. Somebody's Perfect: Anselm's Ontological Argument9. All or Nothing: The Problem of Universals10. Get Thee to a Nunnery: Heloise and Abelard11. It's the Thought that Counts: Abelard's Ethics12. Learn Everything: The Victorines13. Like Father, Like Son: Debates over the Trinity14. On the Shoulders of Giants: Philosophy at Chartres15. TlSY