Andreas Speer (born in ) is a German

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

and

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who pr ...

. Since 2004 he is the director of the

Thomas-Institut The Thomas-Institut is a research Institute whose function is to study of medieval philosophy by preparing critical editions as well as historical and systematic studies of medieval authors. General information The Thomas-Institut was founded i ...

at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

Books

Written

Edited

*''Die Bibliotheca Amploniana: Ihre Bedeutung im Spannungsfeld von Aristotelismus, Nominalismus und Humanismus'' (Walter de Gruyter, 1995) *''Raum und Raumvorstellungen im Mittelalter'' (Walter de Gruyter, 1998, with Jan A. Aersten) *''Was ist Philosophie im Mittelalter?'' (Walter de Gruyter, 1999, with Jan A. Aersten)

References

External links

Official page at the Thomas-Institut (in German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Speer, Andreas Academic staff of the University of Cologne 1957 births Living people People from Düsseldorf 21st-century German philosophers 20th-century German philosophers Scholars of medieval philosophy