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Informationen zum Autor Gyula Klima is a professor of philosophy at Fordham University. He acts as director of the international Society of Medieval Logic and Metaphysics and an executive council member of the American Catholic Philosophical Association since 2003. Klima is the author of ARS ARTIUM: Essays in Philosophical Semantics, Medieval and Modern (1988) and John Buridan: Summulae de Dialectica (2001). Fritz Allhoff is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Western Michigan University. He has published work in journals including American Journal of Bioethics, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, International Journal of Applied Philosophy, and Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. Anand Jayprakash Vaidya is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at San José State University. His research is in Metaphysics & Epistemology, and Philosophy of Mind. Klappentext The study of medieval philosophy has often been lost between the foundational importance of ancient thought and the grandeur of the renaissance. In recent years, though, medieval philosophy has reawakened significant interest, playing an important role in our understanding of the history of ideas. Medieval Philosophy: Essential Readings with Commentary examines the various philosophies to come out of the largest and most varied period of western intellectual heritage. Part of the Blackwell Readings in Philosophy Series , this collection focuses on the foremost philosophers of the period, and uses relevant key texts, including several new translations, and thorough commentary to provide a comprehensive introductory text. Zusammenfassung This collection of readings with extensive editorial commentary brings together key texts of the most influential philosophers of the medieval era to provide a comprehensive introduction for students of philosophy. . Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Text Sources and Credits viii Acknowledgments xiii General Introduction 1 Part I Logic and Epistemology 27 Introduction 27 Philosophy, Theology, Logic, and the Sciences 31 1 Augustine on Ancient Philosophy 31 2 Dialectica Monacensis (anonymous, twelfth century) on the Division of Science 43 3 Thomas Aquinas on the Nature and Scope of Sacred Doctrine 45 The Problem of Universals 59 4 Boethius Against Real Universals 59 5 John of Salisbury on the Controversy over Universals 63 6 The Summa Lamberti on the Properties of Terms 66 7 William Ockham on Universals 71 8 John Buridan on the Predicables 79 Illumination vs. Abstraction, and Scientific Knowledge 83 9 Augustine on Divine Ideas and Illumination 83 10 Thomas Aquinas on Illumination vs. Abstraction 87 11 Thomas Aquinas on our Knowledge of the First Principles of Demonstration 98 12 Henry of Ghent on Divine Illumination 103 13 Duns Scotus on Divine Illumination 110 Knowledge and Skepticism 117 14 Augustine on the Certainty of Self-Knowledge 117 15 Thomas Aquinas on whether the Intellect Can Be False 120 16 Henry of Ghent on whether a Human Being Can Know Anything 123 17 Nicholas of Autrecourt on Skepticism about Substance and Causality 134 18 John Buridan on Scientific Knowledge 143 Part II Philosophy Of Nature, Philosophy of The Soul, Metaphysics 151 Introduction 151 Hylomorphism, Causality, Natural Philosophy 157 19 Thomas Aquinas on the Principles of Nature 157 20 Thomas Aquinas on the Mixture of Elements 168 21 Giles of Rome on the Errors of the Philosophers 171 22 Selections from the Condemnation of 1277 180 23 John Buridan and the Impetus Theory of Projectile Motion 190 Huma...
