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Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, is the author several books, including The Arabic Plotinus (2002) and Great Medieval Thinkers: al-Kindi (2007) and Philosophy in the Islamic World (2016), and hosts the History of Philosophy podcast.The Straight Path: Philosophy in the Islamic WorldThe rise of Islam creates a new context for philosophy not only among Muslims, but also Jews and Christians.Further ReadingP. Adamson and R.C. Taylor (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy (Cambridge: 2005).M. Campanini, An Introduction to Islamic Philosophy (Edinburgh: 2008).M. Fakhry, A History of Islamic Philosophy (New York: 1983).S.H. Nasr and O. Leaman (eds), History of Islamic philosophy (London: 1995)&#160;