Philosophy of Aquinas

Zusatztext The book surely deserves to be read by analytic philosophers who want to learn more about Aquinas. Informationen zum Autor Christopher Shields received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Cornell University. Currently Shuster Professor of Philosophy and Concurrent Professor of Classics at the University of Notre Dame, he has also held permanent positions at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the University of Oxford. In addition, he has held visiting posts at Cornell University, Yale University, St. Louis University, Stanford University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Humboldt University of Berlin.Robert Pasnau received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Cornell University, and has taught at the University of Colorado Boulder since 1999. He is the editor of Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy and the Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy and has published widely on both the history of philosophy and contemporary questions. Klappentext Beginning with a brief overview of Aquinas' life and philosophical career, the authors introduce his overarching explanatory framework in order to provide the necessary background to his philosophical investigations across a wide range of areas: rational theology, metaphysics, philosophy of human nature, philosophy of mind, and ethical & political theory. Zusammenfassung Beginning with a brief overview of Aquinas' life and philosophical career, the authors introduce his overarching explanatory framework in order to provide the necessary background to his philosophical investigations across a wide range of areas: rational theology, metaphysics, philosophy of human nature, philosophy of mind, and ethical & political theory.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Pasnau, Pasnau Robert, Christopher Shields, Christopher (Shuster Professor of Philoso Shields, Shields Christopher
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2016
• EAN: 9780199301232
• ISBN: 978-0-19-930123-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Religionsphilosophie, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, Philosophy, RELIGION / Philosophy, Italy, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy