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Like any other group of philosophers, scholastic thinkers from the
Middle Ages disagreed about even the most fundamental of concepts.
With their characteristic style of rigorous semantic and logical
analysis, they produced a wide variety of diverse theories about a
huge number of topics. The Routledge Companion to Medieval
Philosophy offers readers an outstanding survey of many of these
diverse theories, on a wide array of subjects. Its 35 chapters, all
written exclusively for this Companion by leading international
scholars, are organized into seven parts: I Language and Logic II
Metaphysics III Cosmology and Physics IV Psychology V Cognition VI
Ethics and Moral Philosophy VII Political Philosophy In addition to
shedding new light on the most well-known philosophical debates and
problems of the medieval era, the Companion brings to the fore
topics that may not traditionally be associated with scholastic
philosophy, but were in fact a veritable part of the tradition.
These include chapters covering scholastic theories about
propositions, atomism, consciousness, and democracy and
representation. The Routledge Companion to Medieval Philosophy is a
helpful, comprehensive introduction to the field for undergraduate
students and other newcomers as well as a unique and valuable
resource for researchers in all areas of philosophy.
Like any other group of philosophers, scholastic thinkers from the
Middle Ages disagreed about even the most fundamental of concepts.
With their characteristic style of rigorous semantic and logical
analysis, they produced a wide variety of diverse theories about a
huge number of topics. The Routledge Companion to Medieval
Philosophy offers readers an outstanding survey of many of these
diverse theories, on a wide array of subjects. Its 35 chapters, all
written exclusively for this Companion by leading international
scholars, are organized into seven parts: I Language and Logic II
Metaphysics III Cosmology and Physics IV Psychology V Cognition VI
Ethics and Moral Philosophy VII Political Philosophy In addition to
shedding new light on the most well-known philosophical debates and
problems of the medieval era, the Companion brings to the fore
topics that may not traditionally be associated with scholastic
philosophy, but were in fact a veritable part of the tradition.
These include chapters covering scholastic theories about
propositions, atomism, consciousness, and democracy and
representation. The Routledge Companion to Medieval Philosophy is a
helpful, comprehensive introduction to the field for undergraduate
students and other newcomers as well as a unique and valuable
resource for researchers in all areas of philosophy.
According to the doctrine of the Trinity, the Father, Son, and
Spirit are supposed to be distinct from each other, and yet be one
and the same God. As if that were not perplexing enough, there is
also supposed to be an internal process of production that gives
rise to the Son and Spirit: the Son is said to be 'begotten' by the
Father, while the Spirit is said to 'proceed' either from the
Father and the Son together, or from the Father, but through the
Son. One might wonder, though, just how this sort of divine
production is supposed to work. Does the Father, for instance,
fashion the Son out of materials, or does he conjure up the Son out
of nothing? Is there a middle ground one could take here, or is the
whole idea of divine production simply unintelligible? In the late
13th and early 14th centuries, scholastic theologians subjected
these questions to detailed philosophical analysis, and those
discussions make up one of the most important, and one of the most
neglected, aspects of late medieval trinitarian theology. This book
examines the central ideas and arguments that defined this debate,
namely those of Henry of Ghent, John Duns Scotus, and William
Ockham. Their discussions are significant not only for the history
of trinitarian theology, but also for the history of philosophy,
especially regarding the notions of production and causal powers.
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