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Metaphysics as a Science
Averroes and his Medieval Latin Reception
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What is the science of metaphysics? The Arabic philosopher Averroes discusses the question of metaphysicsâ scope, its aims, and its role in detail. His complex and coherent answer, presented in his Long Commentary on the Metaphysics and other works, accounts for metaphysics as the science of being, of God, of substance, and of causes. Among Latin Christian thinkers, different aspects of Averroesâ conception of metaphysics were discussed at length, adopted or rejected, interpreted and modified. This study explores Averroesâ theory, his Arabic predecessors, and his extensive reception in Latin commentaries on Aristotleâs Metaphysics between the 13th and early 16th century.
Anna-Katharina Strohschneider is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Würzburg where she received her PhD in 2019. She has previously held a position at Kingâs College London and has published several articles on the Latin reception of Arabic philosophy in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Advanced readers, mainly researchers in Arabic philosophy and Medieval Latin philosophy, but also scholars of Ancient and Renaissance philosophy with an interest in metaphysics.
