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This volume brings together contributions from distinguished scholars in the history of philosophy, focusing 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. By emphasizing premodern philosophy's shared textual roots in antiquity, particularly the writings of Plato and Aristotle, the volume highlights points of cross-pollination between different schools, cultures, and moments in premodern thought. Approaching the complex history of the premodern world in an accessible way, the editors organize the volume so as to underscore the difficulties the premodern period poses for scholars, while accentuating the fascinating interplay between the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin philosophical traditions. The contributors cover many topics ranging from the aims of Aristotle's cosmos, the adoption of Aristotle's Organon by al-Farabi, and the origins of the Plotiniana Arabica to the role of Ibn Gabirol's Fons vitae in the Latin West, the ways in which Islamic philosophy shaped thirteenth-century Latin conceptions of light, Roger Bacon's adaptation of Avicenna for use in his moral philosophy, and beyond. The volume's focus on "source-based contextualism" demonstrates an appreciation for the rich diversity of thought found in the premodern period, while revealing methodological challenges raised by the historical study of premodern philosophy. Contextualizing Premodern Philosophy: Explorations of the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin Traditions is a stimulating resource for scholars and advanced students working in the history of premodern philosophy.

Philosophy --- Philosophy, Comparative. --- Cross-cultural studies.

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This volume brings together contributions from distinguished scholars in the history of philosophy, focusing 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. By emphasizing premodern philosophy's shared textual roots in antiquity, particularly the writings of Plato and Aristotle, the volume highlights points of cross-pollination between different schools, cultures, and moments in premodern thought. Approaching the complex history of the premodern world in an accessible way, the editors organize the volume so as to underscore the difficulties the premodern period poses for scholars, while accentuating the fascinating interplay between the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin philosophical traditions. The contributors cover many topics ranging from the aims of Aristotle's cosmos, the adoption of Aristotle's Organon by al-Farabi, and the origins of the Plotiniana Arabica to the role of Ibn Gabirol's Fons vitae in the Latin West, the ways in which Islamic philosophy shaped thirteenth-century Latin conceptions of light, Roger Bacon's adaptation of Avicenna for use in his moral philosophy, and beyond. The volume's focus on "source-based contextualism" demonstrates an appreciation for the rich diversity of thought found in the premodern period, while revealing methodological challenges raised by the historical study of premodern philosophy. Contextualizing Premodern Philosophy: Explorations of the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin Traditions is a stimulating resource for scholars and advanced students working in the history of premodern philosophy.

Philosophy --- Philosophy, Comparative. --- Cross-cultural studies.

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Le retour du réalisme constitue le phénomène saillant de la scène philosophique du début du XXIe siècle. De position réputée impossible, il semble être redevenu éminemment désirable. En Allemagne, en Italie, en France, des aspirations réalistes, différentes et complémentaires, contribuent aujourd’hui à reconfigurer un espace philosophique européen. À quoi, cependant, ces nouveaux réalismes s’opposent-ils? Il y a encore quelques années, il y aurait eu des raisons de dire que la polarité de la philosophie contemporaine n’était plus celle de ce que les Modernes avaient respectivement appelé « idéalisme » et « réalisme », mais peut-être du réalisme et du constructivisme, par exemple. En effet, si le réalisme avait été, au XXe siècle, régulièrement stigmatisé comme la position non-philosophique par excellence par la philosophie dite continentale, bien rares étaient les philosophes qui se réclamaient de l’idéalisme et ce concept ne semblait plus désigner une option philosophique vivante. Or, aujourd’hui, notamment du fait des récents développements de la philosophie allemande, ce n’est plus le cas. À côté des différentes formes de nouveau réalisme, un certain type de néo-idéalisme est en train de fleurir, sans qu’il soit facile de savoir dans quelle mesure l’un et l’autre s’opposent. Cet ouvrage, en offrant une introduction à la philosophie allemande en train de se faire, essaie de comprendre si une telle opposition est encore pertinente ou le redevient.

Realism --- Idealism, German --- Philosophy, Comparative --- Réalisme (philosophie) --- Idéalisme (philosophie) --- Idealism --- Conference proceedings

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This book is inspired by the author’s work as part of a major international and interdisciplinary research group at the University of Konstanz, Germany: “What If-On the Meaning, Relevance, and Epistemology of Counterfactual Claims and Thought Experiments.” Having contributed to great discoveries, such as those by Galileo and Einstein, thought experiments are especially topical in the twenty-first century, since this is a concept that bridges the gap between the arts and the sciences, promoting interdisciplinary innovation. To study thought experiments in literature, it is imperative to examine relevant texts closely: this has rarely been done to date and this is precisely what this book does as a pilot study focusing on selected works of philosophy and literature. Specifically, thought experiments by Thomas Malthus are analyzed side by side with short stories and novels by Vladimir Odoevsky and Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Alexander Bogdanov and Aleksei Tolstoy, Alexander Chaianov and Nina Berberova.

Dystopias in literature. --- Future, The, in literature. --- Russian literature --- Thought experiments. --- Utopias in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Malthus, T. R. --- Influence. --- Epistemology, Thought experiments, Counterfactual writing, Utopia, Philosophy, Comparative Literature, Thomas Malthus (population theory), Ernst Mach, Modern Russian Literature, Modality in literature.