Arguments of Aquinas - A Philosophical View

Zusatztext "The Arguments of Aquinas is a really good book. It deserves to be studied by anybody wanting to learn about the philosophical thought of Aquinas from someone who can both expound and reflect on him in a way that contemporary philosophers (analytical ones! anyway) might be able to appreciate."- Brian Davies! Fordham University Informationen zum Autor J. J. MacIntosh is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Calgary. His publications include Boyle on Atheism , and papers in Mind, The Thomist, Franciscan Studies, Religious Studies, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, etc. His research interests include philosophy of religion, history of philosophy, and history and philosophy of science. Klappentext Thomas Aquinas was not just a theologian but one of the world's most significant philosophers. MacIntosh provides a thorough analysis of the key themes in Aquinas's writings from a specifically philosophical perspective. Topics covered demonstrate the range of his ideas including, causality, the existence of God, the soul, method and morality. Zusammenfassung Thomas Aquinas was not just a theologian but one of the world’s most significant philosophers. MacIntosh provides a thorough analysis of the key themes in Aquinas’s writings from a specifically philosophical perspective. Topics covered demonstrate the range of his ideas including, causality, the existence of God, the soul, method and morality. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Natural Philosophy 1. Necessity and possibility 2. Causality 3. Time and motion 4. Time and infinity Part II: Natural Theology 5. God's existence 6. God's attributes 7. Foreknowledge and freedom Part III: Human Beings 8. Epistemology and philosophy of mind 9. Souls and immortality 10. Morality and method: Aquinas on lying and unnatural practices

Product details

• Authors: J. J. Macintosh, J.J. MacIntosh, J.j. (University of Calgary Macintosh
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.04.2017
• EAN: 9781848935983
• ISBN: 978-1-84893-598-3
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion; Routledge Studies in the Philo; Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy