Professor Peter Adamson
Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Tel +44 (0)20 7848 2118
Email peter.adamson@kcl.ac.uk
Address Room 802, Philosophy Building
King's College London
Strand
LONDON
WC2R 2LS
Areas of interest
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Late ancient philosophy, especially Neoplatonism
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Arabic philosophy
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Medieval philosophy
Biography
Professor Adamson has published papers on a wide range of figures in Greek and Arabic philosophy, including Aristotle, Plotinus, al-Farabi and other members of the Baghdad School, Avicenna and Averroes. However he has concentrated especially on the output of the translation circle of al-Kindi, who is usually credited with being the first philosopher in the Islamic tradition. This research includes a book, "The Arabic Plotinus: a Philosophical Study of the "Theology of Aristotle" (London: Duckworth, 2002) and a volume entitled "Great Medieval Thinkers: al-Kindi" (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007).
He is also a co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy, co-edited with Richard Taylor (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), and Philosophy, Science and Exegesis in Greek, Arabic and Latin Commentaries (London: Institute for Classical Studies in 2004). He has edited three books for the Warburg Institute, the most recent of which ("In the Age of Averroes") will appear soon.