A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages

Perhaps the most complex and extensive development of the discipline of philosophy in the West took place during the medieval period. The modern‐day study of philosophy in the Middle Ages has been relatively rare outside of religious contexts, and even then the development of medieval philosophy is often ignored or left out of the curriculum. While the situation has been changing gradually; overall, most philosophy departments at institutions of higher education do not have specialists in medieval philosophy. In fact, there has yet to be published a book that presents the main facts and viewpoints of the key figures in...