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.

"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