Overview

Since his rediscovery by Alwin Plantinga in the 1970s, the possibility of counterfactuals of freedom in Molinism has become one of the main issues in the contemporary analytic philosophy of religion. Notwithstanding this, Luis de Molina (1535-1600) remains one of the most influential and least known authors of late scholasticism and early modern philosophy. The papers collected in this volume treat the whole range of issues posed by his metaphysics as set out in his revolutionary ""Concordia"" and in his practical philosophy - especially concerning law and economics - in his groundbreaking work ""De Justitia et Jure"". They also examine Molina's historical commitments and his influences on philosophy. In this way this Companion offers the first comprehensive and thorough overview of Molina's thought.

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Author:   Alexander Aichele ,  Mathias Kaufmann
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   50
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.953kg
ISBN:  

9789004228238

ISBN 10:   9004228233
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   05 December 2013
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Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Alexander Aichele/Matthias Kaufmann Part I Freedom of Will and God's Providence Chapter One - The Real Possibility of Freedom Alexander Aichele Chapter Two - Divine Foreknowledge of Future Contingents and Necessity Petr Dvorak Chapter Three - Predestination as Transcendent Teleology: Molina and the First Molinism Juan Cruz Cruz Part II A Rights-Based Theory of Law Chapter Four - Rights and dominium Joerg Alejandro Tellkamp Chapter Five - Luis de Molina on Law and Power Annabel Brett Chapter Six - Slavery between Law, Morality, and Economy Matthias Kaufmann Chapter Seven - Luis de Molina: On War Joao Manuel A. A. Fernandes Chapter Eight - The Economic Thought of Luis de Molina Rudolf Schussler Part III Molina's Medieval Sources and the Following Debates in Modern Times Chapter Nine - Molina and Aquinas Rev. Romanus Cessario, OP Chapter Ten - Molina and John Duns Scotus Jean-Pascal Anfray Chapter Eleven - The Philosophical Impact of Molinism in the 17th century Francesco Piro Chapter Twelve - Ludewig Molina and Kant's Libertarian Compatibilism Wolfgang Ertl Concordance Index to Iustitia et Iure Bibliography About the Authors Index Nominum Index Locorum Index Rerum

Reviews

This volume does much to demystify the work of Molina by separating it from the complex question of his broader legacy, and provides a useful tool for any scholar looking to situate Molina within his Iberian Scholastic context-a context that would have global effects. Michael VanZandt Collins, Boston College. In: Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1 (2015), pp. 155-158. The work is an impressive addition to the growing corpus of work on Molina's thought and influence in several areas of philosophical import. John D. Laing, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary. In: Journal of the history of philosophy, 53, 1, 2015, p. 160.

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Matthias Kaufmann (DPhil & Habilitation 1986 & 1992, Universität Erlangen) is Professor of Ethics and director of the Seminar für Philosophie and of the Graduate School „Society and Culture in Motion“ at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle Wittenberg. Specialized in the history of ethics, political philosophy and the philosophy of law, including the normative implications of cultural diversity, he is the author of Aufgeklärte Anarchie. Eine Einführung in die politische Philosophie. Berlin 1999 (Akademie Verlag, Turkish, Italian & French translations 2003, 2007, 2011). His most recent book is Em defesa dos direitos humanos. Considerações Históricas e de principio São Leopoldo (Unisinos) 2013. Alexander Aichele, (DPhil & Habil. 2000 & 2007, Univ. Halle) is Privatdozent in the Seminar für Philosophie at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. His main interests concern metaphysics, moral philosophy and philosophy of law as well as ancient and early modern philosophy and philosophy of enlightenment. He is author of Philosophie als Spiel: Platon - Kant - Nietzsche (Berlin 2000) and Ontologie des Nicht-Seienden. Aristoteles’ Metaphysik der Bewegung (Göttingen 2009).

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