Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy Volume 7

by Robert Pasnau (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192584267
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	09/05/2019
Series:	Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy , #7
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	389 KB

About the Author

Robert Pasnau is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado. He received his PhD in 1994 from Cornell University, and has published widely on the history of philosophy. He won the APA Book Prize for Thomas Aquinas on Human Nature (CUP, 2002), and has more recently published The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy (CUP, 2010), Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 (OUP, 2011), and After Certainty (OUP, 2017).

Table of Contents

Articles
"Not So Ridiculous": Avicenna on the Existence of Nature (tabi'a) contra Aristotle and the Ash'arites, Davlat Dadikhuda
Only God Can Make a Tree: Abaelard on Wholes and Parts and Some Evidence of His Later Thinking About Them, Christopher J. Martin
Accidental Forms as Metaphysical Parts of Material Substances in Aquinas's Ontology, Jeremy W. Skrzypek
Scotus versus Aquinas on Instrumental Causality, Jean-Luc Solere
The Relation-Theory of Mental Acts: Durand of St.-Pourcain on the Ontological Status of Mental Acts, Peter John Hartman
Walter Chatton's Rejection of Final Causality, Kamil Majcherek
Critical Notice
Aquinas on the Sources of Wrongdoing: Themes from McCluskey, Thomas Williams
Briefly Noted
Scotus - Adriaenssen - Gorman - Wyclif