Ockham and Ockhamism
Ockham and Ockhamism

Author: William J. Courtenay

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2008-08-31

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9047443578

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Long thought to be the most important medieval philosopher and theologian after Scotus and the founder of late medieval Nominalism, the meaning and influence of William of Ockham’s thought have become matters of intense debate in recent years. After a survey of the changing assessment of Nominalism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and a new understanding of twelfth-century Nominalism with related elements in the thought of Augustine and Anselm, this book examines the reception of Ockham’s thought at Oxford and Paris, the crisis over Ockhamism at Paris in the 1335 to 1345 period, and concludes with an examination of the legacy of Ockhamist thought in the late medieval period.

The Political Thought of William Ockham
The Political Thought of William Ockham

Author: Arthur Stephen McGrade

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-08-08

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780521522243

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The English Franciscan, William of Ockham (c. 1285-1349), was one of the most important thinkers of the later middle agesThis book provides a coherent account of Ockham's aims and the principles operating in all his political works.

Thomas Bradwardine: A View of Time and a Vision of Eternity in Fourteenth-Century Thought
Thomas Bradwardine: A View of Time and a Vision of Eternity in Fourteenth-Century Thought

Author: Edith Wilks Dolnikowski

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-12-06

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 900445182X

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This volume evaluates Thomas Bradwardine's view of time as a mathematical, philosophical and theological concept within the context of ancient and medieval discussions of the problem of time. The book begins with an historiographical analysis of Bradwardine's mathematical and theological works, followed by an examination of the problem of time in classical, early medieval and thirteenth-century texts. Next, a series of chapters surveys Bradwardine's view of time as it related to proportionality, contingency, continuity and predestination. A final chapter establishes Bradwardine's place among fourteenth-century natural philosophers and theologians. As it uses a wide range of Bradwardine's writings, this book is able to show how Bradwardine's philosophical and theological views converged. This study is especially useful for historians of late medieval science, philosophy and theology.

The Cambridge Companion to Ockham
The Cambridge Companion to Ockham

Author: Paul Vincent Spade

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-12-13

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 1139825682

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The Franciscan William of Ockham (c. 1288–1347) was an English medieval philosopher, theologian, and political theorist. Along with Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus, he is regarded as one of the three main figures in medieval philosophy after around 1150. Ockham is important not only in the history of philosophy and theology, but also in the development of early modern science and of modern notions of property rights and church-state relations. This volume offers a full discussion of all significant aspects of Ockham's thought: logic, philosophy of language, metaphysics and natural philosophy, epistemology, ethics, action theory, political thought and theology. It is the first study of Ockham in any language to make full use of the new critical editions of his works, and to consider recent discoveries concerning his life, education, and influences.

A History of Medieval Philosophy
A History of Medieval Philosophy

Author: Frederick C. Copleston S.J.

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess

Published: 1990-01-30

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 0268161054

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In this classic work, Frederick C. Copleston, S.J., outlines the development of philosophical reflection in Christian, Islamic, and Jewish thought from the ancient world to the late medieval period. A History of Medieval Philosophy is an invaluable general introduction that also includes longer treatments of such leading thinkers as Aquinas, Scotus, and Ockham.

Much Ado about Nothing
Much Ado about Nothing

Author: Edward Grant

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1981-05-29

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 0521229839

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Provides a description of the major ideas about void space within and beyond the world that were formulated between the fourteenth and early eighteenth centuries.