An introduction to medieval philosophy

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, C. F. J, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Medieval philosophy

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Edinburgh University Press 1996

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Takes the student step-by-step through the intellectual problems of Medieval thought, explaining the principal lines of argument from Augustine of Hippos to the sixteenth century.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

1. What is this Book?

1.1 What is Philosophy?

1.2 What are the Middle Ages?

1.3 What is an Introduction?

1.3.1 The Introduction as a Guidebook

1.3.2 The Guidebook and History

2. Authority and Tradition

2.1 Arguments from Authority

2.2 The Need for Authority

2.3 Authority, Community and Tradition

2.4 Community of Faith and Community of Learning

2.5 The Sources and Standards of a Tradition

2.6 The Development of a Canon through Tradition

2.7 The Tradition of a Craft

2.8 The Aim of the Tradition and the Means of its Development

2.9 Harmony and Reconciliation

2.10 The Historical Process of the Development of Tradition

3. The Question

4. Augustine and The Augustinian Tradition

4.1 Augustine's Thought in Augustine's Life

4.2 Faith and Reason in the Augustinian Tradition

4.3 Key Concepts of the Augustinian Tradition

4.4 A Parallel Development in the East

4.5 Problems for the Augustinian Approach

5. An Alternative Tendency

5.1 A Methodological Distinction Between Faith and Reason

5.2 Key Concepts in Boethius and Chalcidius

5.3 Problems of the Boethian Approach

5.4 The Coexistence of the Two Approaches

5.5 The Challenge of the Discovery of Aristotle

6. The Discovery of Aristotle

6.1 Aristotelian Concepts

6.1.1 Individuals and Universals

6.1.2 Form and Matter

6.1.3 Analogy

6.1.4 Explanation and Causality

6.1.5 Finality

6.1.6 Form and Thought

6.2 Problems and Dangerous Solutions

7. Reactions to Aristotle

7.1 The Early Thirteenth Century Among the Theologians

7.2 A New Synthesis

7.3 The Claim of Autonomy

7.4 Degeneration

Chronological List of Important Figures

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-585-07000-8

OCLC:

1415896522