Modalities In Medieval Philosophy

Author : Simo Knuuttila
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
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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 : Simo Knuuttila
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429619199

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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 : Simo Knuuttila
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400929159

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Modern Modalities by Simo Knuuttila Pdf

The word "modem" in the title of this book refers primarily to post-medieval discussions, but it also hints at those medieval mo dal theories which were considered modem in contradistinction to ancient conceptions and which in different ways influenced philosophical discussions during the early modem period. The me dieval developments are investigated in the opening paper, 'The Foundations of Modality and Conceivability in Descartes and His Predecessors', by Lilli Alanen and Simo Knuuttila. Boethius's works from the early sixth century belonged to the sources from which early medieval thinkers obtained their knowledge of ancient thought. They offered extensive discus sions of traditional modal conceptions the basic forms of which were: (1) the paradigm of possibility as a potency striving to realize itself; (2) the "statistical" interpretation of modal no tions where necessity means actuality in all relevant cases or omnitemporal actuality, possibility means actuality in some rel evant cases or sometimes, and impossibility means omnitemporal non-actuality; and (3) the "logical" definition of possibility as something which, being assumed, results in nothing contradic tory. Boethius accepted the Aristotelian view according to which total possibilities in the first sense must prove their met tle through actualization and possibilities in the third sense are assumed to be realized in our actual history. On these presump tions, all of the above-mentioned ancient paradigms imply the Principle of Plenitude according to which no genuine possibility remains unrealized.

Author : Vesa Hirvonen,Toivo Holopainen,Miira Tuominen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047409670

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Mind and Modality by Vesa Hirvonen,Toivo Holopainen,Miira Tuominen Pdf

This volume offers a wide-ranging and profound collection of essays on philosophical psychology and conceptions of modality from antiquity to the present day, with some essays on the philosophy of religion as well.

Author : Henrik Lagerlund
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317066064

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Representation and Objects of Thought in Medieval Philosophy by Henrik Lagerlund Pdf

The notions of mental representation and intentionality are central to contemporary philosophy of mind and it is usually assumed that these notions, if not originated, at least were made essential to the philosophy of mind by Descartes in the seventeenth century. The authors in this book challenge this assumption and show that the history of these ideas can be traced back to the medieval period. In bringing out the contrasts and similarities between early modern and medieval discussions of mental representation the authors conclude that there is no clear dividing line between western late medieval and early modern philosophy; that they in fact represent one continuous tradition in the philosophy of mind.

Author : Richard Cross,JT Paasch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 44,6 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 : John Marenbon
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Philosophy, Medieval
ISBN : 0710202865

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Later Medieval Philosophy (1150-1350) by John Marenbon Pdf

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : John Marenbon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190246976

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The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Philosophy by John Marenbon Pdf

This Handbook is intended to show the links between the philosophy written in the Middle Ages and that being done today. Essays by over twenty medieval specialists, who are also familiar with contemporary discussions, explore areas in logic and philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, moral psychology ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy and philosophy of religion. Each topic has been chosen because it is of present philosophical interest, but a more or less similar set of questions was also discussed in the Middle Ages. No party-line has been set about the extent of the similarity. Some writers (e.g. Panaccio on Universals; Cesalli on States of Affairs) argue that there are the closest continuities. Others (e.g. Thom on Logical Form; Pink on Freedom of the Will) stress the differences. All, however, share the aim of providing new analyses of medieval texts and of writing in a manner that is clear and comprehensible to philosophers who are not medieval specialists. The Handbook begins with eleven chapters looking at the history of medieval philosophy period by period, and region by region. They constitute the fullest, most wide-ranging and up-to-date chronological survey of medieval philosophy available. All four traditions - Greek, Latin, Islamic and Jewish (in Arabic, and in Hebrew) - are considered, and the Latin tradition is traced from late antiquity through to the seventeenth century and beyond.

Author : Robert Pasnau
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9780198806035

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Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy Volume 5 by Robert Pasnau Pdf

Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy showcases the best new scholarly work on philosophy from the end of antiquity into the Renaissance. OSMP combines historical scholarship with philosophical acuteness, and will be an essential resource for anyone working in the area.

Author : Christina van Dyke,Andrew W. Arlig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Philosophy, Medieval
ISBN : 0415829828

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Medieval Philosophy by Christina van Dyke,Andrew W. Arlig Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004368736

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The Instant of Change in Medieval Philosophy and Beyond by Anonim Pdf

The studies collected in the present volume constitute the first attempt at tackling the different aspects of the “problem of the instant of change”, a physical and logical problem that was intensely debated by late medieval philosophers and became popular again in the second half of the twentieth century.

Author : John Marenbon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Philosophy, Medieval
ISBN : 0415281121

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Medieval Philosophy by John Marenbon Pdf

Author : John Marenbon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134461837

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Medieval Philosophy by John Marenbon Pdf

Updated to include recent research in the field, this exploration of medieval philosophy looks at the subject’s history, techniques and concepts. Discussing the main writers and ideas, it is the standard companion for all students of the discipline.

Author : Ernest A. Moody
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520358799

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Studies in Medieval Philosophy, Science, and Logic by Ernest A. Moody Pdf

Students of medieval thought have long been stimulated by the work of Ernest A. Moody. That intellectual debt should be increased by this volume, which brings together the significant shorter studies and essays he wrote in the period 1933 - 1969. The collection should be particularly useful to the medievalist who finds it difficult to see where the detailed monographic research of the past half-century is leading. An initial lengthy study, on William of Auvergne and his treatise De anima, has not hitherto appeared in print. Five of the essays deal with late medieval physics and its relation to the mechanics of Galileo; others bear on medieval logic and philosophy of language, with reference to contemporary treatments of those subjects; and several studies are concerned with the historical and philosophical significance of Ockham, Buridan, and the via moderna of the fourteenth century. In his Introduction Moody discusses the development of his interests in medieval thoughts and offers some critical reflections on the essays. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975.

Author : Simo Knuuttila
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401576628

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Reforging the Great Chain of Being by Simo Knuuttila Pdf

A sports reporter might say that in a competition all the participants realize their potentialities or possibilities. When an athlete performs far below his usual standard, it can be said that it was possible for him to do better. But the idea of fair play requires that this use of 'possible' refers to another com petition. It is presumed that the best athlete wins and that no real possibility of doing better is left unrealized in a competition. Here we have a use of language, a language game, in which modal notions are used so as to imply that if something is possible, it is realized. This idea does not belong to the general presuppositions of current ordinary usage. It is, nevertheless, not difficult to fmd other similar examples outside of the language of sports. It may be that such a use of modal notions is sometimes calculated to express that in the context in question there are no real alternative courses of events in contradistinction to other cases in which some possible alternatives remain unrealized. Even though modal notions are currently interpreted without the presup position that each genuine possibility should be realized at some moment of the actual history, there are contemporary philosophical models of modalities which incorporate this presupposition. In his book Untersuchungen tiber den Modalkalkiil (Anton Hain, Meisenheim am Glan 1952, pp. 16-36), Oscar Becker presents a statistical interpretation of modal calculi.