Stephen Boulter is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Ethics, Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is author of The Rediscovery of Common Sense Philosophy (2007) and Metaphysics from a Biological Point of View (2013).

This volume is important for recognizing the value of medieval philosophy and its place in Western intellectual history. Scholarly yet accessible, the book will be embraced by both specialists and generalists, including those who wish to expand their interests beyond texts assigned in most introductory philosophy courses. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.

• prefaceIntroductionChapter 1. Medieval Philosophy and Common SenseChapter 2. Medieval Philosophy and the SciencesChapter 3. Medieval Philosophy and MethodologyChapter 4. What Philosophers Used to Know (The art of distinctions)Chapter 5. The Best Argument for the Existence of God (Scotus’ De Primo Principio)Chapter 6. Medieval Philosophy and the Problem of Western DisenchantmentBibliographyIndex

Stephen Boulter is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Ethics, Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is author of The Rediscovery of Common Sense Philosophy (2007) and Metaphysics from a Biological Point of View (2013).

This volume is important for recognizing the value of medieval philosophy and its place in Western intellectual history. Scholarly yet accessible, the book will be embraced by both specialists and generalists, including those who wish to expand their interests beyond texts assigned in most introductory philosophy courses. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.

• prefaceIntroductionChapter 1. Medieval Philosophy and Common SenseChapter 2. Medieval Philosophy and the SciencesChapter 3. Medieval Philosophy and MethodologyChapter 4. What Philosophers Used to Know (The art of distinctions)Chapter 5. The Best Argument for the Existence of God (Scotus’ De Primo Principio)Chapter 6. Medieval Philosophy and the Problem of Western DisenchantmentBibliographyIndex

Stephen Boulter is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Ethics, Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is author of The Rediscovery of Common Sense Philosophy (2007) and Metaphysics from a Biological Point of View (2013).

This volume is important for recognizing the value of medieval philosophy and its place in Western intellectual history. Scholarly yet accessible, the book will be embraced by both specialists and generalists, including those who wish to expand their interests beyond texts assigned in most introductory philosophy courses. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.

• prefaceIntroductionChapter 1. Medieval Philosophy and Common SenseChapter 2. Medieval Philosophy and the SciencesChapter 3. Medieval Philosophy and MethodologyChapter 4. What Philosophers Used to Know (The art of distinctions)Chapter 5. The Best Argument for the Existence of God (Scotus’ De Primo Principio)Chapter 6. Medieval Philosophy and the Problem of Western DisenchantmentBibliographyIndex