13th century update

Hi Sara,

Actually William and Peter are the main authors that will figure in the logic episode. And maybe the theology/philosophy thing will be a constant background theme but I will certainly do an episode centering on Aquinas' view.

Thanks,

Peter

Hi - thanks for the questions. To be honest I haven't really got much idea of how to split up Scotus yet or how many episodes he'll get, so the list is very provisional there (there will be an interview with Giorgio Pini though, I already recorded that with him). Anyway Scotus is insanely interesting and important so I will try to do him justice!

I am not sure yet what to do with Godfrey, perhaps he will get into a more thematic episode. Suggestions welcome on that, as I don't know much about him yet! But I do have him on the list of figures and topics to get in at some point of not on the list of planned episode titles, at least. 

Actually I already have an episode recorded on medieval magic - it's not in the list I circulated because it is an interview with Charles Burnett.

I was going to save alchemy for the Renaissance, and at that time look back at medieval and also Islamic sources of Renaissance alchemy. You're right that these texts can be philosophically interesting, for instance in Jabir you have quite a bit of stuff on transmutation of elements which relates to Aristotelian physics. So, it's on my radar!

For Indian philosophy check out the first entry under FAQ at the bottom of the page.

And the mendicant orders are actually being mentioned in the next episode, as it happens! And wil play a big role in the 13th century, in fact that's sort of how I organized the episodes, roughly into Franciscans, then Dominicans, then Arts Masters, though with some exceptions.