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Prof. Dr. David Wirmer

Arabic and Jewish Philosophy of the Middle Ages

Recent Publications

  • Averroès (Ibn Rušd), L’intellect – Compendium du livre De l’âme, Introduction, traduction, notes et commentaire par Jean-Baptiste Brenet, texte arabe établi et introduit par David Wirmer, Paris 2022.
  • Gersonides' Afterlife. Studies on the Reception of Levi ben Gerson’s Philosophical, Halakhic and Scientific Oeuvre in the 14th through 20th Centuries (Officina Philosophica Hebraica 2), Hrsg. Ofer Elior, Gad Freudenthal, David Wirmer. Leiden: Brill, 2020.
  • "Arabic Philosophy and the Art of Reading. I. Political Philosophy", in: Jean-Baptiste Brenet, Olga Lizzini (eds.), La philosophie arabe à l’étude. Sens, limites et défis d’une discipline moderne, Paris: Vrin, 2019, 179–250.

Main Research Topics

  • Arabic Philosophy from al-Andalus
  • Jewish Philosophy, especially 13th to 15th century Hebrew texts
  • Natural Philosophy and Epistemology (Ancient and Medieval)