Focuses on the interrelations among various cultural and philosophical traditions, such as the Arabic, Judaic, Byzantine and Latin. This book offers a forum for discussions of controversial or divergent interpretations of these topics. It includes interviews with prominent scholars.

1. The Role of Necessity in Aristotle's Teleology as Explained by Logical Implication (by Abbate, Giampaolo); 2. Der operationale Konzeptualismus des Nikolaus von Amsterdam vor dem Hintergrund der Universaliendebatte (by Wohler, Hans-Ulrich); 3. Der Siegeszug des Absoluten. Liebe und Metaphysik im Werk Platons (by Quero-Sanchez, Andres); 4. Albert der Grosse - De intellectu et intelligibili: Eine intellekttheoretische Wiederentdeckung aus dem 13. Jahrhundert (by Winkler, Norbert); 5. Nicholas of Amsterdam on Accidental Being: A Study and Edition of Two Questions from his Commentary on the Metaphysics (by Bakker, Paul J.J.M.); 6. Anonymus, Quaestio de delectatione intellectuali determinata in quodlibeto Lipsiensi A. D. 1450 (by Wohler, Hans-Ulrich); 7. Nicholas of Amsterdam on Infinity (by Dewender, Thomas); 8. Fragen an ... Otto Poggeler (by Sell, Annette); 9. M. Frede, A Free Will. Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought (by Lienemann, Beatrice); 10. J. Muller/R. Hofmeister Pich (Hrsg.), Wille und Handlung in der Philosophie der Kaiserzeit und Spatantike (by Lienemann, Beatrice); 11. J. Wilberding (trans.), Porphyry: To Gaurus on How Embryos are Ensouled and On What is in Our Power in: The Ancient Commentators on Aristotle (by Slaveva-Griffin, Svetla); 12. L. Rossetti und A. Stavru (Hrsg.), Socratica 2008. Studies in Ancient Socratic Literature (by Brasi, Diego De); 13. Theo Kobusch, Die Philosophie des Hoch- und Spatmittelalters (by Ansari, Asadeh M.); 14. Davide Monaco, Deus Trinitas. Dio comme non altro nel pensiero di Nicolo Cusano (by Rohstock, Max); 15. Neuerscheinungen; 16. Namenregister; 17. Autorenverzeichnis