The Debate on Probable Opinions in the Scholastic Tradition

The Debate on Probable Opinions in the Scholastic Tradition
Author: Rudolf Schuessler
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 539
Release: 2019-03-25
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004398910

In The Debate on Probable Opinions in the Scholastic Tradition, Rudolf Schuessler portrays scholastic approaches to a qualified disagreement of opinions. The book outlines how scholastic regulations concerning the use of opinions changed in the early modern era, giving rise to an extensive debate on the moral and epistemological foundations of reasonable disagreements. The debate was fueled by probabilism and anti-probabilism in Catholic moral theology and thus also serves as a gateway to these doctrines. All developments are outlined in historical context, while special attention is paid to the evolution of scholastic notions of probability and their importance for the emergence of modern probability.

The Postcolonial Middle Ages

The Postcolonial Middle Ages
Author: J. Cohen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2000-04-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230107346

An increased awareness of the importance of minority and subjugated voices to the histories and narratives which have previously excluded them has led to a wide-spread interest in the effects of colonization and displacement. This collection of essays is the first to apply post-colonial theory to the Middle Ages, and to critique that theory through the excavation of a distant past. The essays examine the establishment of colony, empire, and nationalism in order to expose the mechanisms of oppression through which 'aboriginal' 'native' or simply pre-existent cultures are displaced, eradicated, or transformed.