Joshua Parens

American philosopher

Joshua S. Parens
Alma mater	St. John's College (BA) University of Chicago (PhD)

Era	21st century Philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Medieval Philosophy
Institutions	University of Dallas
Main interests	Islamic and Jewish medieval philosophy early modern philosophy metaphysics political philosophy

Joshua S. Parens is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dallas. He is the dean of Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts.^[1] Parens is known for his expertise on Islamic and Jewish medieval philosophy.^[2]^[3]

Books

Leo Strauss and the Recovery of Medieval Political Philosophy. University of Rochester Press, 2016.
Maimonides and Spinoza: Their Conflicting Views of Human Nature. University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Medieval Political Philosophy: A Sourcebook. (edited in collaboration with Joseph C. Macfarland) 2nd edition. Cornell University Press, 2011.
An Islamic Philosophy of Virtuous Religions: Introducing Alfarabi. State University of New York Press, 2006.
Metaphysics as Rhetoric: Alfarabi's "Summary of Plato's Laws". State University of New York Press, 1995.
The Foundations and Defense of Laws Plato's Laws and Farabi's Summary, 1992.

References

^ "New Dean of Braniff Graduate School: Dr. Joshua Parens". University of Dallas. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
^ Hozien, Muhammad (2006). "Joshua Parens, An Islamic Philosophy of Virtuous Religions: Introducing Alfarabi". Journal of Islamic Philosophy. 2: 207–208. doi:10.5840/islamicphil20062114. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
^ Galston, Miriam (Summer 2017). "Parens on Strauss's Recovery of Medieval Political Philosophy - Joshua Parens : Leo Strauss and the Recovery of Medieval Political Philosophy. Rochester Studies in Medieval Political Thought. (Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2016. Pp. xvi, 191.)". The Review of Politics. 79 (3): 478–481. doi:10.1017/S003467051700033X. ISSN 0034-6705. S2CID 148819898. Retrieved 22 April 2018.