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Peter Adamson (academic)

Peter Adamson
Born Peter Scott Adamson
(1972-08-10) August 10, 1972 (age 44)
Nationality American
Occupation Professor of philosophy
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Main interests History of philosophy:
Notable works History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps (podcasts and book series)

Peter Scott Adamson (born August 10, 1972) is an American academic who is professor of late ancient and Arabic philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He has written articles, monographs and edited books, mostly on philosophy in the Islamic World and ancient philosophy. He is the host of the weekly podcast "History of Philosophy without any gaps", which by 2014 had more than four million downloads and led to the publication of a book series. He received the Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2003, for "outstanding research achievements of young scholars of distinction and promise based in UK institutions" and received a grant from the same institution in 2010.

Adamson received his bachelor's degree from Williams College with summa cum laude in 1994 and his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2000. He worked at King's College London from 2000, becoming professor of ancient and medieval philosophy there in 2009. In 2012 he became a professor of late ancient and Arabic philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Adamson is the host of History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps podcasts, which started in 2010 and is ongoing as of 2017 and examines philosophers and philosophical traditions throughout history. By 2014, the podcasts had more than four million downloads and thousands of followers. The podcasts led to the publication of a series of book adaptations. The first installment was titled Classical Philosophy: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps and published in 2014. The second volume, Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, was published in 2015 and covered the period after Aristotle up to the death of St. Augustine. The third installment Philosophy in the Islamic World: History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps covered the philosophical traditions in the Islamic world, including Muslim, Jewish and Christian philosophers.


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