Overview

This Handbook is intended to show the links between the philosophy written in the Middle Ages and that being done today. Essays by over twenty medieval specialists, who are also familiar with contemporary discussions, explore areas in logic and philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, moral psychology ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy and philosophy of religion. Each topic has been chosen because it is of present philosophical interest, but a more or less similar set of questions was also discussed in the Middle Ages. No party-line has been set about the extent of the similarity. Some writers (e.g. Panaccio on Universals; Cesalli on States of Affairs) argue that there are the closest continuities. Others (e.g. Thom on Logical Form; Pink on Freedom of the Will) stress the differences. All, however, share the aim of providing new analyses of medieval texts and of writing in a manner that is clear and comprehensible to philosophers who are not medieval specialists. The Handbook begins with eleven chapters looking at the history of medieval philosophy period by period, and region by region. They constitute the fullest, most wide-ranging and up-to-date chronological survey of medieval philosophy available. All four traditions - Greek, Latin, Islamic and Jewish (in Arabic, and in Hebrew) - are considered, and the Latin tradition is traced from late antiquity through to the seventeenth century and beyond.

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Author:   John Marenbon (Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer, Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer, Trinity College, Cambridge.)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   1.270kg
ISBN:  

9780190246976

ISBN 10:   0190246979
Pages:   770
Publication Date:   04 June 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Introduction. Making the Case for Medieval Philosophy, John Marenbon I. A Survey of Medieval Philosophy 1. The Late Ancient Background to Medieval Philosophy, John Marenbon 2. Greek philosophy, Börje Bydén and Katerina Ierodiakonou 3. Arabic Philosophy before Avicenna, Peter Adamson 4. Avicenna and Afterwards, Nadja Germann 5. Averroes and Philosophy in Islamic Spain, Matteo Di Giovanni 6. Jewish Philosophy in Arabic, Charles Manekin 7. Jewish Philosophy in Hebrew, Steven Harvey 8. Latin Philosophy to 1200, Christophe Erismann 9. Latin Philosophy 1200-1350, Russell Friedman 10. Latin philosophy 1350-1550, John Marenbon 11. Medieval philosophy after the Middle Ages, Jacob Schmutz II. Issues in Medieval Philosophy Logic and Philosophy of Language 12. Logical Form, Paul Thom 13. Propositional Logic, Christopher J. Martin 14. Modality, Simo Knuuttila 15. Theories of Meaning, Margaret Cameron 16. Mental Language, Martin Lenz Metaphysics and Epistemology 17. Universals, Claude Panaccio 18. Being, Gyula Klima 19. States of Affairs, Laurent Cesalli 20. Parts, Wholes, and Identity, Andrew Arlig 21. Material Substance, Henrik Lagerlund 22. Mind and Hylomorphism, Robert Pasnau 23. Body and Soul, Peter King 24. Eternity, Taneli Kukkonen 25. Skepticism, Dominik Perler Moral Psychology, Ethics, Political Philosophy and Aesthetics 26. Freedom of the Will, Thomas Pink 27. Moral Intention, Ian Wilks 28. Virtue and Law, Terence Irwin 29. Natural Law, Anthony Lisska 30. Rights, Cary Nederman 31. Aesthetics, Andreas Speer Philosophy of Religion 32. Arguments for the Existence of God, Graham Oppy 33. Philosophy and the Trinity, Richard Cross

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Edited by Marenbon, this volume succeeds remarkably well in its attempt to be a state-of-the-art overview of analytic approaches to medieval philosophy. CHOICE

"""Edited by Marenbon, this volume succeeds remarkably well in its attempt to be a state-of-the-art overview of analytic approaches to medieval philosophy.""--CHOICE"

Edited by Marenbon, this volume succeeds remarkably well in its attempt to be a state-of-the-art overview of analytic approaches to medieval philosophy. * CHOICE *

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John Marenbon is Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer, Trinity College, Cambridge. He is the author Boethius, among other titles

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