Robert Kildwardby is an accessible overview of the life and works of Robert Kilwardby, one of the most influential but under-studied thinkers of the Late Middle Ages. Silva offers a clear account of Kilwardby's work as a philosopher and theologian, addressing the full scope of his work and its historical significance in regards to the developments of later medieval philosophy.

Series Foreword by Brian Davies Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction I. LIVING The Life and Works of Robert Kilwardby The Life The Works II. BEING Introduction The Metaphysics of Plurality Matter Form The Letter to Peter of Conflans Introduction Animal Generation Active Potencies The Human Soul Is the Soul (the) One? The Unity of Form(s) At Oxford in 1277 Excursus: The Human Soul in the Sentences Motion A Questionnaire Celestial Motion Time III. BEING LOGICAL Introduction Words, Thoughts and Things Interpretation The Category of Relation IV. KNOWING Introduction Perception On the Reception of Sensible Species Attention and Activity Cognition Introduction Thinking Representing and Instantiating Universality Scientific Knowledge Introduction Knowledge Demonstration Pre-existing Knowledge First Principles Principles Conditions for Predication Signs of Affections What Can Be Demonstrated? Definitions Disciplining the Disciplines Subalternation V. BEHAVING Introduction Ethics: The Science of Happiness The Good The Cause of Happiness The Virtues Voluntary Action VI. BELIEVING Introduction Theology Divine Trinity Where from? Creation as a Kind of Change Angels Creator and Creatures Which One? The Free Choice of the Will By Heaven's Grace Gratis: Sin and Evil On Sacraments Faith VII. INCARNATING Introduction I Assume I Know I Suffer Bibliography Notes Index

"The strength of this analysis lies in its clarity on the points of modern as well as medieval philosophical importance Kilwardby raised, and on which he often took a distinctive view." -- G.R. Evans, New Blackfriars "This book's rich reservoir of information is presented in a way that should appeal to both scholars and nonspecialists...Excellent bibliography." -- P.A. Streveler, emeritus, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, CHOICE "Silva's book is a very substantial introduction to Robert Kilwardby. It provides a much-needed overview of the philosophical and theological thought of this medieval thinker, and makes a very compelling case for its significance to the history of medieval thought. Based on a thorough investigation of the entire vast corpus of this thinker, Silva's presentation shows the richness, sophistication, and originality of Kilwardby's thought. Silva does indeed do full justice to the inclusion of Kilwardby among the great medieval thinkers." -- Cecilia Trifogli, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, University of Oxford "Silva succeeds in covering the different areas of Kilwardby's work - logic, metaphysics, perception, ethics and theology - concisely yet thoroughly. For the first time, readers of this book will be able to grasp as whole the thought of this fascinating, and until recently neglected, contemporary of Aquinas." -- John Marenbon, Trinity College, University of Cambridge "Here we have Robert Kilwardby in full: his metaphysics, psychology, logic, ethics, and theology. And because Kilwardby stands in the middle of late medieval philosophy, we get in effect a picture of that field in full, as it stands at the dawn of its greatest figures. If anyone is going to make the case for Kilwardby as a deserving member in the club of Great Medieval Thinkers, it will be José Filipe Silva." -- Robert Pasnau, University of Colorado Boulder "this volume is a thoughtful, illuminating, and indispensable introduction to the work of Robert Kilwardby." -- Speculum 98/4

Selling point: Serves as the first single authored comprehensive overview of Robert Kilwardby's work Selling point: Offers insight into the breadth and scope of medieval philosophy Selling point: Provides an examination of key philosophical and theological topics of the thirteenth century

José Filipe Silva is Professor of Medieval Philosophy at the University of Helsinki. He is the Director of the ERC research project Rationality in Perception: Transformations of Mind and Cognition 1250-1550, and the author of Robert Kilwardby on the Human Soul: Plurality of Forms and Censorship in the Thirteenth Century.

Selling point: Serves as the first single authored comprehensive overview of Robert Kilwardby's work Selling point: Offers insight into the breadth and scope of medieval philosophy Selling point: Provides an examination of key philosophical and theological topics of the thirteenth century