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Subject(s)

• Philosophy, Medieval [Browse]

Editor

• Pasnau, Robert [Browse]
• Dyke, Christina van, 1972- [Browse]

Summary note

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 take 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 volume illuminates 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.

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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).

Language note

English

Contents

• vol.1 : I. Fundamentals : Origins in Baghdad / Dimitri Gutas
• The emergence of medieval Latin philosophy / John Marenbon
• Byzantium / Katerina Herodiakonou
• The rise of the universities / Steven P. Marrone
• Monks and friars / David Luscombe
• Platonsim / Jan A. Aertsen
• Augustinianism / Gareth B. Matthews
• Censorship / François-Xavier Putallaz
• Modernity / Roger Ariew
• II. Logic and language : The development of logic in the twelfth century / Christopher J. Martin
• Terminist logic / E. Jennifer Ashworth
• Nominalist semantics / Gyula Klima
• Inferences / Stephen Read
• Sophismata / Paul Vincent Spade
• Grammar / Irène Rosier-Catach
• III. Natural philosophy : Natural philosophy in earlier Latin thought / Nadja Germann
• Creation and causation / Taneli Kukkonen
• The influence of Arabic Aristotelianism on scholastic natural philosophy : projectile motion, the place of the universe, and elemental composition / Rega Wood
• Change, time, and place / Cecilia Trifogli
• The nature of change / Johannes M.M.H. Thijssen
• IV. Soul and knowledge : Soul and body / Dag Nikolaus Hasse
• The nature of intellect / Deborah L. Black
• Perception / A. Mark Smith
• Mental representation / Claude Panaccio
• Science and certainty / Robert Pasnau
• Divine illumination / Timothy Noone
• Skepticism / Dominik Perler
• V. Will and desire : Freedom and determinism / Peter Adamson
• Intellectualism and voluntarism / Tobias Hoffmann
• Emotion / Simo Knuuttila
• Weakness and grace / Richard Cross
• VI. Ethics : Happiness / Lenn E. Goodman
• Identity and moral agency / Mikko Yrjönsuuri
• The inclination for justice / John Boler
• Virtue theory / Bonnie Kent
• Action and intention / Jean Porter
• The care of souls and "practical ethics" / M.W.F. Stone.

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ISBN

1-139-09543-9

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