Commission VIII: Byzantinische Philosophie (2007-2012)

The final report of the president of the Commission (2002-2012) presents a panorama of the work of the Commission “Byzantine Philosophy,” which is one of the most active and intensively working commissions of the SIEPM, as well as of the major tendencies, results and scholars in the field over the last 10 to 15 years. The report reveals the role of the Commission in establishing the discipline during the period, and examines the transition of the discipline from its “revolutionary” phase to its status as a “normal science.” In view of the passage from the extensive to the intensive stage of the discipline, the author of the report outlines the characteristic features of the new period.