Alexander Broadie is a Scottish historian of philosophy, specialising in the fields of medieval philosophy

Medieval philosophy

Medieval philosophy is the philosophy in the era now known as medieval or the Middle Ages, the period roughly extending from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century AD to the Renaissance in the sixteenth century...

 and the philosophy of the Enlightenment. He was the first Henry Duncan Prize lecturer in Scottish Studies at the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity, operating on a wholly independent and non-party-political basis and providing public benefit throughout Scotland...

 (1990–1993) and was the Gifford Lecturer in Natural Theology at Aberdeen University in 1994. Broadie was a very popular lecturer amongst the students at the University of Glasgow. His modules that he taught included the European Enlightenment, the Scottish Enlightenment and the medieval theories of the just war.

Works

• Investigation into the Cultural Ethos of the Samaritan Memar Marqah with special reference to the work of Philo of Alexandria (doctoral thesis, Glasgow)
• A Samaritan Philosophy (1981)
• George Lokert
  George Lokert
  George Lokert of Ayr was a Scottish philosopher and theologian who made significant contributions to the study of logic. A pupil of John Mair, he also studied and taught at the University of Paris, and eventually served as prior of the Sorbonne...
  
  : Late-Scholastic Logician (1983)
• The Circle of John Mair
  John Mair
  John Mair was a Scottish philosopher, much admired in his day and an acknowledged influence on all the great thinkers of the time. He was a very renowned teacher and his works much collected and frequently republished across Europe...
  
  : Logic and Logicians in Pre-Reformation Scotland (1985)
• Introduction to Medieval Logic (1987)
• Notion and Object: Aspects of Late-Medieval Epistemology (1989)
• Paul of Venice
  Paul of Venice
  Paul of Venice was a Roman Catholic Scholastic philosopher, theologian, and logician of the Hermits of the Order of Saint Augustine.-Life:...
  
  : Logica Magna (1990)
• The Tradition of Scottish Philosophy (1990)
• Robert Kilwardby
  Robert Kilwardby
  Robert Kilwardby was an Archbishop of Canterbury in England and as well as a cardinal.-Life:Kilwardby studied at the University of Paris, then was a teacher of grammar and logic there. He then joined the Dominican Order and studied theology, and became regent at Oxford University before 1261,...
  
  , O.P., On Time and Imagination, introduction and Translation (1993)
• Introduction to Medieval Logic (1993)
• The Shadow of the Scotus
  Duns Scotus
  Blessed John Duns Scotus, O.F.M. was one of the more important theologians and philosophers of the High Middle Ages. He was nicknamed Doctor Subtilis for his penetrating and subtle manner of thought....
  
  : Philosophy and Faith in Pre-Reformation Scotland (1995)
• The Scottish Enlightenment
  Scottish Enlightenment
  The Scottish Enlightenment was the period in 18th century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By 1750, Scots were among the most literate citizens of Europe, with an estimated 75% level of literacy...
  
  : An Anthology (1997)
• Why Scottish Philosophy Matters (2000)
• The Scottish Enlightenment: The Historical Age of the Historical Nation (2001)
• The Cambridge Companion to the Scottish Enlightenment (2003)
• Thomas Reid
  Thomas Reid
  The Reverend Thomas Reid FRSE , was a religiously trained Scottish philosopher, and a contemporary of David Hume, was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense, and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment...
  
   on Logic, Rhetoric and the Fine Arts (2005)
• George Turnbull's Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy, vols. 1 and 2, edited, annotated and with an introduction (2005).