1st Edition

Debates in Medieval Philosophy Essential Readings and Contemporary Responses

Edited By Jeffrey Hause Copyright 2014
452 Pages
by Routledge

452 Pages
by Routledge

Debates in Medieval Philosophy: Essential Readings and Contemporary Responses  aims to de-mystify medieval works by offering an illuminating, engaging introduction to the problems that medieval philosophers from Augustine through Ockham wrestled with. Each of the volume’s 11 units presents a debate that will enable students to return to the primary texts prepared to think critically and... Read more

Chapter 1. Augustine: The Theft of the Pears Scott Macdonald and Gareth Matthews  Chapter 2. Boethius on Determinism and Free Choice  Christophe Erismann and Norman Kretzmann  Chapter 3. Anselm's Ontological Argument  William Rowe and Cora Diamond  Chapter 4. Anselm on Free Choice and Moral Responsibility  Thomas Williams and Katherine Rogers  Chapter 5. Abelard's Internalist Ethics Ian Wilks and Robert Sokolowski  Chapter 6. Abstraction and Emanation in Avicenna  Deborah Black and Dag Hasse  Chapter 7. Creation and Cosmology in Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed T. M. Rudavsky and W. Harvey  Chapter 8. Bonaventure's Epistemology Timothy Noone  Chapter 10. Aquinas and Aristotelian Naturalism Bonnie Kent and Terrence Irwin  Chapter 11. Aquinas on Analogy  E. Jennifer Ashworth and Ralph McInerny  Chapter 12. Scotus and Ockham on Intuitive and Abstractive Cognition  Giorgio Pini and Douglas C. Langston  Chapter 13. Scotus and Ockham on Universals and Individuation  JT Paasch

Biography

Jeffrey Hause is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Creighton University.

A well-chosen collection of outstanding papers on a wide range of issues that figure prominently in medieval philosophy. This, together with the complementary primary sources, would provide a superb introduction to the field.

Sydney Penner, Ohio State University