[PDF] Free Will And The Rebel Angels In Medieval Philosophy eBook

Author : Tobias Hoffmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 23,14 MB
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1108916325

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In this book Tobias Hoffmann studies the medieval free will debate during its liveliest period, from the 1220s to the 1320s, and clarifies its background in Aristotle, Augustine, and earlier medieval thinkers. Among the wide range of authors he examines are not only well-known thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham, but also a number of authors who were just as important in their time and deserve to be rediscovered today. To shed further light on their theories of free will, Hoffmann also explores their competing philosophical explanations of the fall of the angels, that is, the hypothesis of an evil choice made by rational beings under optimal psychological conditions. As he shows, this test case imposed limits on tracing free choices to cognition. His book provides a comprehensive account of a debate that was central to medieval philosophy and continues to occupy philosophers today.

Author : Timothy C. Potts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 17,3 MB
Release : 2002-04-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521892704

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This book presents in translation writings by six medieval philosophers which bear on the subject of conscience. Conscience, which can be considered both as a topic in the philosophy of mind and a topic in ethics, has been unduly neglected in modern philosophy, where a prevailing belief in the autonomy of ethics leaves it no natural place. It was, however, a standard subject for a treatise in medieval philosophy. Three introductory translations here, from Jerome, Augustine and Peter Lombard, present the loci classici on which subsequent discussions drew; there follows the first complete treatise on conscience, by Philip the Chancellor, while the two remaining translations, from Bonaventure and Aquinas, have been chosen as outstanding examples of the two main approaches which crystallised during the thirteenth century.

Author : Robert Pasnau
Publisher :
Page : 1218 pages
File Size : 43,57 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Philosophy, Medieval
ISBN : 9781107675100

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The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy comprises over fifty specially commissioned essays by experts on the philosophy of this period. Starting in the late eighth century, with the renewal of learning some centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire, a sequence of chapters takes the reader through developments in many and varied fields, including logic and language, natural philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, and theology. Close attention is paid to the context of medieval philosophy, with discussions of the rise of the universities and developments in the cultural and linguistic spheres. A striking feature is the continuous coverage of Islamic, Jewish, and Christian material. There are useful biographies of the philosophers, and a comprehensive bibliography. The volumes illuminate a rich and remarkable period in the history of philosophy and will be the authoritative source on medieval philosophy for the next generation of scholars and students alike.

Author : Robert Pasnau
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 28,60 MB
Release : 2023-02-10
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ISBN : 0192871242

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Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy showcases the best scholarly research in this flourishing field. The series covers all aspects of medieval philosophy, including the Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew traditions, and runs from the end of antiquity into the Renaissance. It publishes new work by leading scholars in the field, and combines historical scholarship with philosophical acuteness. The papers will address a wide range of topics, from political philosophy to ethics, and logic to metaphysics. OSMP is an essential resource for anyone working in the area.

Author : Thomas Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 23,4 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521635639

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Author : Aku Visala
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 28,8 MB
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1000790045

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Free will is a perennial theological and philosophical topic. As a central dogmatic locus, it is implicated in discussions around core Christian doctrines such as grace, salvation, sin, providence, evil, and predestination. This book offers a state-of-the-art look at recent debates about free will in analytic and philosophical theology. The chapters revolve around three central themes: the debate between theological compatibilists and libertarians, the communal nature of Christian freedom, and the role of free will in Christology. With contributions by leading scholars, the volume provides a valuable overview of current arguments as well as novel openings and ideas for further discussion.

Author : Tobias Hoffmann
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 11,39 MB
Release : 2012-08-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9004183469

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This book studies medieval theories of angelology insofar as they made groundbreaking contributions to medieval philosophy. It centers on the period from Bonaventure to Ockham while also discussing some original positions by earlier thinkers.

Author : Jostein Gaarder
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 735 pages
File Size : 49,5 MB
Release : 2007-03-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466804270

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A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

Author : İlham Dilman
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,41 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Determinism (Philosophy)
ISBN : 0415200563

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The debate between free will and its opposing doctrine, determinism, is one of the key issues in philosophy. Free Will provides a comprehensive introduction to this highly important question.

Author : Robert Miner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 14,52 MB
Release : 2009-04-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521897483

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Provides an understanding of Thomas Aquinas' account of the passions, the elemental forces that affect human happiness.