Why Medieval Philosophy Matters

Why Medieval Philosophy Matters: An Interview with Stephen Boulter

By Guido Alt

In this interview, we have talked about Stephen’s book Why Medieval Philosophy Matters (Bloomsbury, 2019). In this book, Stephen provides a defense of the relevance of medieval thought for contemporary philosophical inquiry at large. Throughout the interview, Stephen discusses some of the core points of the book, which seeks to argue for the relevance of medieval philosophy by pointing out the affinity of philosophical principles much discussed in scholasticism with common sense perspectives on philosophical problems.

About Stephen Boulter

Stephen Boulter is Reader in Philosophy within the Department of History, Philosophy and Culture at Oxford Brookes University. Before joining Oxford Brookes, Stephen was a Gifford Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. Stephen’s research interests include common sense philosophy, the philosophy of evolutionary biology, perception, metaphysics, natural law theory and metaethics, Aristotle and medieval philosophy. Among his books are Why Medieval Philosophy Matters (Bloomsbury, 2019) and Natural Law Liberalism and the Malaise of Modernity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024).