Medieval skepticism, and the claim to metaphysical knowledge / edited by Gyula Klima and Alexander W. Hall.

Format:

Book

Series:

Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skepticism--History--To 1500.

Skepticism.

Skepticism--History--16th century.

Philosophy, Medieval.

Metaphysics.

Philosophy of mind.

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274--Criticism and interpretation.

Thomas.

Siger, of Brabant, ca. 1230-ca. 1283--Criticism and interpretation.

Siger.

William, of Ockham, ca. 1285-ca. 1349--Criticism and interpretation.

William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne [England] : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Medieval Skepticism, and the Claim to Metaphysical Knowledge presents three sets of essays. The first is an exchange between Antoine Côté and Charles Bolyard over Siger of Brabant's strategy to silence the skeptic by discriminating between nobler and lesser senses and grounding certitude in sense perceptions. Second is another scholarly exchange, between Rondo Keele and Jack Zupko, over what Keele describes as Walter Chatton's attempt to discredit Ockhamist nominalism by means of both an 'ant...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; SIGER AND THE SKEPTIC; CÔTÉ'S "SIGER AND THE SKEPTIC"; APPLIED LOGIC AND MEDIAEVAL REASONING; COMMENTS ON RONDO KEELE, "APPLIED LOGIC AND MEDIEVAL REASONING; RESPONSE TO PROFESSOR ZUPKO; KENNY AND AQUINAS ON INDIVIDUAL ESSENCES; REALLY DISTINGUISHING ESSENCE FROM ESSE; HOW AQUINAS COULD HAVE ARGUED THAT GOD IS REALLY RELATED TO CREATURES; GOD'S KNOWLEDGE OF INDIVIDUAL MATERIAL CREATURES ACCORDING TO THOMAS AQUINAS; APPENDIX; CONTRIBUTORS

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ISBN:

1-283-43606-X

9786613436061

1-4438-3411-4

OCLC:

821179672