Medieval Philosophy And Modern Times

Author : Ghita Holmström-Hintikka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401142274

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Medieval Philosophy and Modern Times by Ghita Holmström-Hintikka Pdf

Modern developments in philosophy have provided us with tools, logical and methodological, that were not available to Medieval thinkers - a development that has its dangers as well as opportunities. Modern tools allow one to penetrate old texts and analyze old problems in new ways, offering interpretations that the old thinkers could not have known. But unless one remains sensitive to the fact that language has undergone changes, bringing with it a shift in the meaning of terminology, one can easily perpetrate an anachronism. Yet there is a growing need to bring modern tools and to bear on the struggle for greater understanding of the problems studied and the solutions found by the ancient scholars. If we remain sensitive to the dangers, this openness to new methods can be expected to widen our perspectives and deepen our knowledge of old material. The focus in the present volume is on problems in Medieval and contemporary philosophy of religion.

Author : Ghita Holmstrom-Hintikka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9401142289

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Medieval Philosophy and Modern Times by Ghita Holmstrom-Hintikka Pdf

Author : Anthony Kenny
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191622533

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Medieval Philosophy by Anthony Kenny Pdf

Sir Anthony Kenny continues his magisterial new history of Western philosophy with a fascinating guide through more than a millennium of thought from 400 AD onwards, charting the story of philosophy from the founders of Christian and Islamic thought through to the Renaissance.The middle ages saw a great flourishing of philosophy, and the intellectual endeavour of the era reaches its climax in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, with the systems of the great schoolmen such as Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus. Specially written for a broad popular readership, but serious and deep enough to offer a genuine understanding of the great philosophers, Kenny's lucid and stimulating history will become the definitive work for anyone interested in the people and ideas that shaped the course of Western thought.

Author : Peter Adamson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0268203407

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Don't Think for Yourself by Peter Adamson Pdf

How do we judge whether we should be willing to follow the views of experts or whether we ought to try to come to our own, independent views? This book seeks the answer in medieval philosophical thought. In this engaging study into the history of philosophy and epistemology, Peter Adamson provides an answer to a question as relevant today as it was in the medieval period: how and when should we turn to the authoritative expertise of other people in forming our own beliefs? He challenges us to reconsider our approach to this question through a constructive recovery of the intellectual and cultural traditions of the Islamic world, the Byzantine Empire, and Latin Christendom. Adamson begins by foregrounding the distinction in Islamic philosophy between taqlīd, or the uncritical acceptance of authority, and ijtihād, or judgment based on independent effort, the latter of which was particularly prized in Islamic law, theology, and philosophy during the medieval period. He then demonstrates how the Islamic tradition paves the way for the development of what he calls a "justified taqlīd," according to which one develops the skills necessary to critically and selectively follow an authority based on their reliability. The book proceeds to reconfigure our understanding of the relation between authority and independent thought in the medieval world by illuminating how women found spaces to assert their own intellectual authority, how medieval writers evaluated the authoritative status of Plato and Aristotle, and how independent reasoning was deployed to defend one Abrahamic faith against the other. This clear and eloquently written book will interest scholars in and enthusiasts of medieval philosophy, Islamic studies, Byzantine studies, and the history of thought.

Author : Pasquale Porro
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004453197

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The Medieval Concept of Time by Pasquale Porro Pdf

This volume examines the changing perceptions of time in the transition from the medieval debate to early modern philosophy. Some of the foremost contemporary experts try to weave the various strands of the topic into a methodological and doctrinal whole. The book consists of 21 studies (19 in English, 2 in French) subdivided into five main sections, entitled respectively The Late Antique Legacy, The Scholastic Debate, Late Scholasticism, Time and Medicine, Early Modern Philosophy. Themes discussed include the reception of Aristotle’s doctrine of time, the Augustinian and Neoplatonic heritage, the concepts of divine eternity and angelic duration, and the particular role attributed to time in medieval and early modern medicine. This collection of studies aims at offering a comprehensive historico-doctrinal analysis of one of the most fascinating topics in western intellectual history.

Author : Jari Kaukua,Tomas Ekenberg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319269146

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Subjectivity and Selfhood in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy by Jari Kaukua,Tomas Ekenberg Pdf

This book is a collection of studies on topics related to subjectivity and selfhood in medieval and early modern philosophy. The individual contributions approach the theme from a number of angles varying from cognitive and moral psychology to metaphysics and epistemology. Instead of a complete overview on the historical period, the book provides detailed glimpses into some of the most important figures of the period, such as Augustine, Avicenna, Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz and Hume. The questions addressed include the ethical problems of the location of one's true self and the proper distribution of labour between desire, passion and reason, and the psychological tasks of accounting for subjective experience and self-knowledge and determining different types of self-awareness.

Author : John Marenbon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135795221

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Later Medieval Philosophy by John Marenbon Pdf

This introduction to philosophy in the Latin West between 1150 and 1350 combines an historical approach, which concentrates on the sources, forms and backgrounds of the medieval works, with philosophical analysis of thirteenth and fourteenth-century writing in terms comprehensible to a modern reader. Part One looks at the intellectual and historical context of medieval thought. It examines the courses in the medieval universities; the methods of teaching; the forms of written work; the logical techniques used for argument and analysis; the translation and the availability of Ancient Greek, Arab and Jewish philosophical texts; the challenges the new material presented and the various ways in which Western thinkers responded to them. Part Two focuses on one important problem in later medieval thought: the nature of intellectual knowledge. It explains the arguments given by Aristotle, his antique commentators and the Arab philosophers Avicenna and Averroes, and traces how a series of Western thinkers, including Thomas Aquinas and William of Ockham, developed, modified or rejected them.

Author : Joseph W. Koterski
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781444360677

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An Introduction to Medieval Philosophy by Joseph W. Koterski Pdf

By exploring the philosophical character of some of the greatest medieval thinkers, An Introduction to Medieval Philosophy provides a rich overview of philosophy in the world of Latin Christianity. Explores the deeply philosophical character of such medieval thinkers as Augustine, Boethius, Eriugena, Anselm, Aquinas, Bonaventure, Scotus, and Ockham Reviews the central features of the epistemological and metaphysical problem of universals Shows how medieval authors adapted philosophical ideas from antiquity to apply to their religious commitments Takes a broad philosophical approach of the medieval era by,taking account of classical metaphysics, general culture, and religious themes

Author : Frederick Mayer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Philosophy, Ancient
ISBN : UCSC:32106000017829

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A History of Ancient & Medieval Philosophy by Frederick Mayer Pdf

This history is designed to present a dynamic approach to the study of ancient and medieval philosophy. It correlates ancient, medieval, and modern ideas and shows the perennial significance of the contributions of ancient thinkers.

Author : Armand A. Maurer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258093227

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Medieval Philosophy by Armand A. Maurer Pdf

Author : James Hannam
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848311589

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God's Philosophers by James Hannam Pdf

This is a powerful and a thrilling narrative history revealing the roots of modern science in the medieval world. The adjective 'medieval' has become a synonym for brutality and uncivilized behavior. Yet without the work of medieval scholars there could have been no Galileo, no Newton and no Scientific Revolution. In "God's Philosophers", James Hannam debunks many of the myths about the Middle Ages, showing that medieval people did not think the earth is flat, nor did Columbus 'prove' that it is a sphere; the Inquisition burnt nobody for their science nor was Copernicus afraid of persecution; no Pope tried to ban human dissection or the number zero. "God's Philosophers" is a celebration of the forgotten scientific achievements of the Middle Ages - advances which were often made thanks to, rather than in spite of, the influence of Christianity and Islam. Decisive progress was also made in technology: spectacles and the mechanical clock, for instance, were both invented in thirteenth-century Europe. Charting an epic journey through six centuries of history, "God's Philosophers" brings back to light the discoveries of neglected geniuses like John Buridan, Nicole Oresme and Thomas Bradwardine, as well as putting into context the contributions of more familiar figures like Roger Bacon, William of Ockham and Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Author : Joan A. Price
Publisher : Facts On File
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy, Medieval
ISBN : 0791087409

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Medieval and Modern Philosophy by Joan A. Price Pdf

Examines the central ideas considered by the medieval and modern philosphers.

Author : Simo Knuuttila,Pekka Kärkkäinen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781402061257

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Theories of Perception in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy by Simo Knuuttila,Pekka Kärkkäinen Pdf

This is the first extensive account of philosophical psychology of perception from ancient to early modern times. The book aims to shed light on the developments in the theories of sense-perception in medieval Arabic and Latin philosophy, their ancient background and traditional and new themes in early modern thought. Particular attention is paid to the philosophically significant parts of the theories. The articles concentrate on the so-called external senses and related themes.

Author : John Marenbon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134938810

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Routledge History of Philosophy Volume III by John Marenbon Pdf

The philosophy discussed in this volume constitutes the intellectual and philosophical ideas of the medieval era, from Aquinas and Anselm, the intellectual philosophy of the Judaic and Arabic traditions, the Twelfth Century Renaissance and the philosophical ideas associated with the emergence of the universities. This volume provides a broad and scholarly introduction to the major authors and issues involved in the philosophical discourse of the medieval era, as well as some original interpretations of the philosophical writings addressed. It includes a glossary of technical terms and a chronological table of philosophical and other cultural events.

Author : Catherine König-Pralong,Mario Meliadò,Zornitsa Radeva
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Konferenzschrift
ISBN : 2503579124

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'Outsiders' and 'forerunners' by Catherine König-Pralong,Mario Meliadò,Zornitsa Radeva Pdf

This book focuses on the emergence and development of philosophical historiography as a university discipline in the 18th and 19th centuries. During that period historians of philosophy evaluated medieval philosophical theories through the lenses of modern leitmotifs and assigned to medieval thinkers positions within an imaginary map of cultural identities based on the juxtaposition of 'self' and 'other'. Some medieval philosophers were regarded as 'forerunners' who had constructively paved the way for modern rationality; whereas others, viewed as 'outsiders', had contributed to the same effect by way of their struggle against established forms of philosophy. The contributions gathered in this volume each deal with the creative reception of a particular figure in modern history of philosophy. From the 9th century, with al-Farabi, to the 16th century, these philosophers belong to four historical worlds which have been characterized by European cultural history or have defined themselves as such: the (Jewish-)Arabic world (al-Farabi, Avicenna, Maimonides), Latin scholasticism (Roger Bacon, Henry of Ghent, William of Ockham, Marsilius of Padua), medieval lay philosophy (Ramon Lull, Petrarch), and Humanism in a broader sense (Nicholas of Cusa, Petrus Ramus, Andrea Cesalpino).