Peter Adamson

Works History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps Adamson is the host of the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps podcast, which started in 2010 and is ongoing as of 2026. The podcast examines philosophers and philosophical traditions throughout history. By 2014, it had more than four million downloads and thousands of followers. 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: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, covered philosophical traditions in the Islamic world, including Muslim, Jewish and Christian philosophers.

Adamson said that the goal of the series was to tell the history of philosophy in "an entertaining but not overly-simplified way". The Times of Israel contributor Daniel J. Levy described the podcast as "popular", "fun" and "easy to listen to". Levy also reviewed the third book, Philosophy in the Islamic World, and praised it for its presentation and wide coverage. In 2010, he received a nearly £250,000 grant from the same institution.

Publications

Books

The Arabic Plotinus: a philosophical study of the "Theology of Aristotle", Adamson, P., 2002, London: Duckworth. Al-Kindī, Adamson, P., 2007, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Great medieval thinkers) The Philosophical Works of al-Kindī, Adamson, P. & Pormann, P. E., 2012, Karachi: OUP Pakistan. Studies on Plotinus and al-Kindī, Adamson, P. S., 2014, Ashgate Variorum. A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps: Classical Philosophy (Book 1), Adamson, P. S., 2014, Oxford University Press. Studies on Early Arabic Philosophy, Adamson, P. S., 2015, Ashgate Variorum. Philosophy in the Islamic World: a Very Short Introduction, Adamson, P. S., 2015, Oxford: Oxford University Press. A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps: Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds (Book 2), Adamson, P. S., 2015, Oxford University Press. A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps: Philosophy in the Islamic World (Book 3), Adamson, P. S., 7 Jul 2016, Oxford University Press. A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps: Medieval Philosophy (Book 4), Adamson, P., 2019, Oxford: Oxford University Press. A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps: Classical Indian Philosophy (Book 5), Adamson, P. & Ganeri, J., 2020, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Great Medieval Thinkers: al-Rāzī, Adamson, P., New York: Oxford University Press. A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps: Byzantine and Renaissance Philosophy (Book 6), Adamson, P., 2022, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Don't Think for Yourself: Authority and Belief in Medieval Philosophy, Adamson, P., 2022, University of Notre Dame Press. Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna): A Very Short Introduction, Adamson, P., 2023, Oxford, Oxford University Press. A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps: Africana Philosophy From Ancient Egypt to the Nineteenth Century (Book 7), Adamson, P., 2025, Chike Jeffers, Oxford: Oxford University Press. A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps: Philosophy in the Reformation (Book 8), Adamson, P., 2026, Oxford: Oxford University Press.