Research

Dr. Robinson鈥檚 research interests focus on ancient and medieval philosophy, especially the interaction between the different Augustinianisms and Aristotelianisms of the 13th century. His recently-completed doctoral dissertation is entitled, 鈥淭he early 13th-Century Latin-Augustinian reception of the Peripatetic Agent Intellect and the Historical Constitution of the Self鈥� is a study of the influence on Bonaventure of the lesser-known early 13th century thinkers, William of Auvergne, John of La Rochelle, and the author of Book 2 of the Summa Fratris Alexandri.鈥� It focuses on the contributions in epistemology of several understudied figures of the early 13th century. Dr. Robinson is currently working on publications emerging from his dissertation.