
Henrik Lagerlund
Professor of the History of Philosophy , Stockholm University, Sweden
Henrik Lagerlund is professor of the history of philosophy at Stockholm University in Sweden, and a member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy in Canada. He is series editor of Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind (2002-); editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy (2010); and co-editor of Causal Powers in Science: Blending Historical and Conceptual Perspectives (2021). He is also the author of Skepticism in Philosophy: A Comprehensive, Historical Introduction (2020). He leads the project The Mechanization of Philosophy 1300-1700 funded by the Swedish Research Council.
Written by Henrik Lagerlund

essayHistory of science
Machina mundi
How medieval thinkers foreshadowed modern physics in investigating the character of machines, devices and forces
Henrik Lagerlund & Sylvain Roudaut

essayHistory of ideas
What Renaissance?
Humanism did not replace Scholasticism, nor is it clear that ideas like the Renaissance help us understand history at all
Henrik Lagerlund