Medieval Philosophy And The Transcendentals

Author : Jan Aertsen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 480 pages
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Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004451421

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Medieval Philosophy and the Transcendentals by Jan Aertsen Pdf

Students of Thomas Aquinas have so far lacked a comprehensive study of his doctrine of the transcendentals. This volume fills this lacuna, showing the fundamental character of the notions of being, one, true and good for his thought. The book inquires into the beginnings of the doctrine in the thirteenth century and explains the relation of the transcendental way of thought to Aquinas's conception of metaphysics. It analyzes "Being," "One," "True," "Good" and "Beautiful" individually and discusses their importance for the philosophical knowledge of God. Medieval Philosophy and the Transcendentals: The Case of Thomas Aquinas is intended as a contribution to the question "What is philosophy in the Middle Ages?". It argues that the doctrine of the transcendentals is essential for understanding medieval philosophy.

Author : Jan Aertsen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 777 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004225848

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Medieval Philosophy as Transcendental Thought by Jan Aertsen Pdf

The origin of transcendental thought is to be sought in medieval philosophy. This book provides for the first time a complete history of the doctrine of the transcendentals and shows its importance for the understanding of philosophy in the Middle Ages.

Author : Joseph W. Koterski
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,6 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 : Roberto Hofmeister Pich
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Metaphysics
ISBN : UOM:39015075650724

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New Essays on Metaphysics as "scientia Transcendens" by Roberto Hofmeister Pich Pdf

This volume is not an historical study of the origins and development of medieval approaches to theories of transcendentals. Its point of departure is rather the role that transcendentals played in natural theology and metaphysical theories of the 13th. and 14th. centuries. Accordingly, the effort of John Duns Scotus (1265/6-1308) to systematize a theory of transcendental concepts provides the central inspiration for this book. The theories in focus are not only linked to metaphysical issues, but come to constitute the understanding of metaphysics as First Philosophy. In the wake of the 13th-century reception of Aristotle, Scotus inaugurates a new beginning for the science of reality as a whole, adumbrating theoretical elements that have exercised a remarkable influence on the history of philosophy and continue to do so today. If Scotus offers a new understanding and a new systematic account of transcendentals in the form of an original conception of First Philosophy as the science of transcendentals - a conception which many believe introduces a second beginning of metaphysics within Western philosophy - the essays in this volume evaluate the innovations that his work inspired, and in this sense each of them is itself innovative. They offer a candid evaluation of the extrinsic and intrinsic merits of the Scotist interpretation - that is, they examine just how original the intepretation is within the history of ideas, and assess its internal consistency. In doing so, they take account of earlier philosophical attempts to understand both the interrelationship of transcendentals and the science of metaphysics. They also offer topical and expanded analyses of various elements of Scotus's theory, as well as of its influence and developments within Scotist circles and the Franciscan tradition, as well as within Spanish scholasticism and the philosophical theology of our times.

Author : Ghita Holmström-Hintikka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,8 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 : Allan B. Wolter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258958937

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The Transcendentals and Their Function in the Metaphysics of Duns Scotus by Allan B. Wolter Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1946 edition.

Author : Richard Cross,JT Paasch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317486435

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The Routledge Companion to Medieval Philosophy by Richard Cross,JT Paasch Pdf

Like any other group of philosophers, scholastic thinkers from the Middle Ages disagreed about even the most fundamental of concepts. With their characteristic style of rigorous semantic and logical analysis, they produced a wide variety of diverse theories about a huge number of topics. The Routledge Companion to Medieval Philosophy offers readers an outstanding survey of many of these diverse theories, on a wide array of subjects. Its 35 chapters, all written exclusively for this Companion by leading international scholars, are organized into seven parts: I Language and Logic II Metaphysics III Cosmology and Physics IV Psychology V Cognition VI Ethics and Moral Philosophy VII Political Philosophy In addition to shedding new light on the most well-known philosophical debates and problems of the medieval era, the Companion brings to the fore topics that may not traditionally be associated with scholastic philosophy, but were in fact a veritable part of the tradition. These include chapters covering scholastic theories about propositions, atomism, consciousness, and democracy and representation. The Routledge Companion to Medieval Philosophy is a helpful, comprehensive introduction to the field for undergraduate students and other newcomers as well as a unique and valuable resource for researchers in all areas of philosophy.

Author : Armand Augustine Maurer
Publisher : PIMS
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0888447043

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Medieval Philosophy by Armand Augustine Maurer Pdf

Author : Arthur Stephen McGrade
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0521000637

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The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Philosophy by Arthur Stephen McGrade Pdf

This volume, first published in 2003, spans a millennium of thought extending from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas and into the fourteenth century.

Author : Jan Aertsen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004225855

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Medieval Philosophy as Transcendental Thought by Jan Aertsen Pdf

The origin of transcendental thought is to be sought in medieval philosophy. This book provides for the first time a complete history of the doctrine of the transcendentals and shows its importance for the understanding of philosophy in the Middle Ages. Winner of the Journal of the History of Philosophy Book Prize competition for the best book in the history of western philosophy published in 2013.

Author : Simo Knuuttila
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429621345

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Modalities in Medieval Philosophy by Simo Knuuttila Pdf

Originally published in 1993, Modalities in Medieval Philosophy looks at the idea of modality as multiplicity of reference with respect to alternative domains. The book examines how this emerged in early medieval discussions and addresses how it was originally influenced by the theological conception of God acting by choice. After a discussion of ancient modal paradigms, the author traces the interplay of old and new modal views in medieval logic and semantics, philosophy and theology. A detailed account is given of late medieval discussions of the new modal logic, epistemic logic, and the logic norms. These theories show striking similarities to some basic tenets of contemporary approaches to modal matters. This work will be of considerable interest to historians of philosophy and ideas and philosophers of logic and metaphysics.

Author : Gyula Klima
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443834209

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Medieval Metaphysics, or is it "Just Semantics"? (Volume 7 by Gyula Klima Pdf

Medieval semantic theories develop out of Aristotle’s On Interpretation, in which he notes that “Spoken sounds are symbols of affections in the soul, and written marks symbols of spoken sounds” (tr. J. L. Ackrill, OUP 1984). The medieval commentary tradition elaborates on Aristotle’s theory in light of various epistemological and metaphysical commitments, including those entailed by the doctrine of the transcendentals that emerges from the tradition in the writings of Philip the Chancellor (d. 1236). Transcendental attributes such as unity, truth and goodness (properties that figure into most if not all accounts of the transcendentals) characterize every being as such, and hence the doctrine of the transcendentals promised some knowledge of God. This hope, together with the general medieval consensus that the cognitive acts by which we grasp extra-mental entities are veridical (i.e., in most cases, these acts represent what the cognizing subject takes them to represent) encouraged medieval thinkers to devote considerable effort to discerning how concepts latch onto reality. Medieval Metaphysics, or Is It “Just Semantics”? follows these attempts as concerns the signification of theological discourse in general and Trinitarian semantics in particular, the proper object of the intellect, and what is signified through quidditative or essential definition.

Author : John Marenbon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 42,8 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 : Alice Ramos
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780813219653

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Dynamic Transcendentals by Alice Ramos Pdf

Addressing contemporary interest in the relationship between metaphysics and ethics, as well as the significance of beauty for ethics, Alice Ramos presents an accessible study of the transcendentals and provides a dynamic rather than static view of truth, goodness, and beauty.

Author : Julius Rudolf Weinberg
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0691019568

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A Short History of Medieval Philosophy by Julius Rudolf Weinberg Pdf

In this brief book the author examines the central doctrine of important Christian, Jewish, and Muslim philosophers and shows the contributions of medieval thought to present-day philosophy. Intended not only for philosophers, but for anyone seeking a concise and reliable survey.