Cambridge Companion to Abelard

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey E. Brower is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University, Indiana. Klappentext A comprehensive study of Abelard's life and work not only in philosophy and theology but also in literature. Zusammenfassung Peter Abelard (1079–1142) is one of the greatest philosophers of the medieval period. Although best known for his views about universals and his dramatic love affair with Heloise, he made a number of important contributions in metaphysics, logic, philosophy of language, mind and cognition, philosophical theology, ethics, and literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Life, milieu, and intellectual contexts John Marenbon; 2. Literary works Winthrop Wetherbee; 3. Metaphysics Peter O. King; 4. Philosophy of language Klaus Jacobi; 5. Logic Christopher J. Martin; 6. Mind and cognition Kevin Guilfoy; 7. Trinity Jeffrey E. Brower; 8. Sin, grace, and redemption Thomas Williams; 9. Ethics William E. Mann; 10. Influence Yukio Iwakuma.

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• Authors: Jeffrey E. (Purdue University Brower, Jeffrey E. Guilfoy Brower
• Assisted by: Jeffrey E. Brower (Editor), Kevin Guilfoy (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.03.2004
• EAN: 9780521772471
• ISBN: 978-0-521-77247-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Cambridge Companion To...
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day