On Being and Cognition : Ordinatio 1.3 / John Duns Scotus; John van den Bercken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scotus, John Duns, Author.

Contributor:

Bercken, John van den, Editor.

Series:

Medieval philosophy.

Medieval Philosophy: Texts and Studies

Standardized Title:

Ordinatio. 1.3. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Individuation (Philosophy).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In On Being and Cognition, the first complete translation into English of a pivotal text in the history of philosophy and theology, Scotus addresses fundamental issues concerning the limits of human knowledge and the nature of cognition by developing his doctrine of the univocity of being, refuting skepticism and analyzing the way the intellect and the object cooperate in generating actual knowledge in the case of abstractive cognition. Throughout the work Scotus is in discussion with important theologians of his time, such as Thomas Aquinas, Henry of Ghent, and Godfrey of Fontaines. Anyone interested in the pertinent philosophical problems will find in this book the highly sophisticated and subtle answers of a giant in the history of thought.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations

Preface

Outline of Ordinatio 1.3

Introduction. Scotus on being and cognition: Ordinatio 1, distinction 3

Question 1. Can God be known naturally by the intellect of the wayfarer?

Question 2. Is God the first thing that is naturally known by us in our present state?

Question 3. Is God the first natu ral and adequate object of the human intellect in its pres ent state?

Question 4. Can we know a certain and genuine truth by natural means without any special illumination?

Single Question. Is there in every creature a trace of the Trinity?

Question 1. Does the intellective part of the soul contain memory as having an intelligible species naturally preceding the act of thinking (intelligendi)?

Question 2. Is the intellective part of the soul, taken properly, or a component of it, the total cause generating actual knowledge or the reason for generating it?

Question 3. Is the object, as present in itself or in a species, or the intellective part of the soul the main cause of the production of a cognition?

Question 4. Is there an image of the Trinity distinctly present in our mind?

Notes to the Translation

Notes

Further Reading

References

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9780823270750

0823270750

9780823270767

0823270769

9780823270774

0823270777

OCLC:

962131277