Theology at Paris, 1316–1345 - Peter Auriol and the Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction; The Background: The roots of the debate; The immediate context; Peter Auriol’s Theory: Immutability equals necessity; Indistant knowledge of the future; Neutral propositions; Intrinsic and extrinsic willing; The Reaction to Auriol’s Theory at Paris: Franciscans against the God of the philosophers; The reaction outside the Franciscan convent at Paris; The Marchist School; The Reaction in England and in the Late Middle Ages: London and Oxford 1317-1344; Paris 1343-1345; Auriol’s theory in the late Middle Ages; Epilogue: the quarrel at Louvain; Bibliography; Indexes.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Chris Schabel, University of Cyprus

Zusammenfassung

The problems of divine foreknowledge and future contingents can be put rather simply: how can God know the future without this entailing that the future come about necessarily? Chris Schabel's study dwells and expands upon this conundrum.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Chris Schabel, Schabel Chris
• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 29.12.2000
• EAN: 9780754602040
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-0204-0
• Seiten: 382
• Gewicht: 870 g
• Serie: Ashgate Studies in Medieval Philosophy
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Europe, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, RELIGION / Philosophy, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, Nature & existence of God, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy, Nature and existence of God and of the Divine