Overview
On the most basic level, the articles brought together in the present volume aim to contribute to the charting of the (often subtle) links between the medieval and early modern periods in the fields of metaphysics, philosophical theology, and modal theory. In selecting this line of inquiry the volume is consciously intended to offer support for the stance that in the higher or speculative sciences no sharp divide exists between the later Middle Ages, on the one hand, and the Renaissance and early modern period, on the other. In adopting such an approach, one emphasizing historical continuity instead of discontinuity, the volume can be seen as challenging at least two related sets of convictions concerning the intellectual life of the period 1400-1700. First, prominent Renaissance and early modem thinkers portrayed their own intellectual projects and accomplishments as radical breaks with the scholasticism characteristic of the Middle Ages and also dominant in their own time; the volume to no small extent takes as its point of departure a reluctance - or, at least, a hesitation - to accept these bold claims. Second, a large part of nineteenth- and twentieth-century historiography has taken the Renaissance and early modern claims of fundamental innovation at face-value; in emphasizing the continuity that exists between the thought of the medieval and of the early modern periods, the volume is part of an attempt to offer a more balanced view of the intellectual production of the later period.
Full Product Details
Author: R.L. Friedman ,
L.O. Nielsen
Publisher: Springer
Imprint: Springer
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Volume: 53
Dimensions:
Width: 17.00cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 24.40cm
Weight: 0.617kg
ISBN: 9789048164271
ISBN 10: 9048164273
Pages: 349
Publication Date: 15 December 2010
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
(...) the book as a whole, by presenting the recent work of leading scholars in this field, provides a good starting point for further researches in the field of late medieval and early modern philosophy. Jean-Pascal Anfray, University of Paris IV-Sorbonne in the Journal of the History of Philosophy 43:2, April 2005
(...) the book as a whole, by presenting the recent work of leading scholars in this field, provides a good starting point for further researches in the field of late medieval and early modern philosophy. Jean-Pascal Anfray, University of Paris IV-Sorbonne in the Journal of the History of Philosophy 43:2, April 2005
"""(...) the book as a whole, by presenting the recent work of leading scholars in this field, provides a good starting point for further researches in the field of late medieval and early modern philosophy."" Jean-Pascal Anfray, University of Paris IV-Sorbonne in the Journal of the History of Philosophy 43:2, April 2005"
