Representation and Scepticism From Aquinas to Descartes

The first comparative study of the sceptical reception of representationalism in medieval and early modern thought.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. The Veil of Species: 1. Through species to the world. Aquinas and Henry of Ghent; 2. Perception without intermediaries. Olivi's critique of species; 3. Direct realism about perception and beyond. Auriol and Ockham; Part II. The Veil of Cartesian Ideas: 4. Transformations of Cartesianism. Malebranche and Arnauld; 5. Ideas and objects in Desgabets's radical Cartesianism; 6. The solid philosophy of John Sergeant; Part III. Representations and Scepticism: 7. From representation to object; 8. Criteriological problems; Conclusion.

About the author

Han Thomas Adriaenssen is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands. He has published a number of journal articles on medieval and early modern philosophy.

Summary

Looking at key figures and lesser-known names, this volume is the first to show how the theory of representation was seen as a source of scepticism by medieval and early modern philosophers alike. This book will be of interest to philosophers and historians of medieval and early modern thought.

Product details

• Authors: ADRIAENSS HAN THOMA, Han Thomas Adriaenssen, Adriaenssen Han Thomas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781316632772
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63277-2
• No. of pages: 287
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; History of Ideas, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, Philosophy, c 1500 onwards to present day, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Medieval Western philosophy