Peter Hartman, PhD
Associate Professor
Peter Hartman is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department. His primary interest is Medieval Philosophy, especially Philosophy of Mind and Metaphysics. He came to 大象传媒 in 2013, after receiving a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto followed by a postdoctoral post at the University of Quebec at Montreal. During the academic year 2023/24 he was a Senior Fellow at the Maimonides Institute for Advanced Studies (Hamburg) and a Visiting Researcher at the University of Hamburg.
His doctoral research concerned cognitive psychology — theories about the nature and mechanism of perception and thought — during the High Middle Ages (1250-1350), with a special focus on Durand of St.-Pourcain and other early Thomists. He has published several articles in journals such as the History of Philosophy Quarterly and Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy, as well as a Latin edition and English translation of John Buridan's question-commentary on Aristotle's De anima (2023). He is currently working on an English translation of Buridan's question-commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (Cambridge University Press), and an English translation of 14th century texts on consciousness (Oxford University Press). He is an active member in the St. Louis - Chicago Area Medieval Philosophy Research Group and 大象传媒's History of Philosophy Roundtable.
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Education
PhD, University of Toronto
MA, University of Toronto
BA, Goshen College
Research Interests
Medieval philosophy, Durand of St.-Pourçain, philosophy of mind, early modern philosophy
Specialty Area
Medieval Philosophy