Dialectic and Theology in the Eleventh Century

Dialectic and Theology in the Eleventh Century
Author: Toivo J. Holopainen
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 190
Release: 1996
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9789004105775

This study provides a reappraisal of the eleventh-century controversy over the value of logic in theology on the basis of close exegesis of the central texts by Peter Damian, Lanfranc of Bec, Berengar of Tours and Anselm of Canterbury.

From a Topical Point of View

From a Topical Point of View
Author: Peter Boschung
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2006-12-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 904741120X

This study reads Anselm of Canterbury's enigmatic work De grammatico as his introduction to dialectic, covering a model for discourse, a theory of fallacies, and a theory of signification. It provides a new perspective on Anselm's dialectical thought, on dialectic in the 11th century, and on the continuity with 12th Century logical thought.

The Cambridge Companion to Anselm

The Cambridge Companion to Anselm
Author: Brian Davies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2004-12-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521002059

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A Historical Study of Anselm’s Proslogion

A Historical Study of Anselm’s Proslogion
Author: Toivo J. Holopainen
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2020-08-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004426663

In A Historical Study of Anselm's Proslogion , Toivo J. Holopainen offers a new overall interpretation of Anselm’s Proslogion by providing a historical explanation for the distinctive combination of argument and devotion that this famous treatise exhibits.

Dialectics

Dialectics
Author: Nicholas Rescher
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2013-05-02
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3110321289

Few ideas have played a more continuously prominent role throughout the history of philosophy than that of dialectic, which has figured on the philosophical agenda from the time of the Presocratics. The present book explores the philosophical promise of dialectic, especially in its dialogical version associated with disputation, debate, and rational controversy. The book’s deliberations examine what lessons can be drawn to exhibit the utility of dialectical proceedings for the theory of knowledge in reminding us that the building-up of knowledge is an interpersonally interactive enterprise subject to communal standards.

Anselm of Canterbury and the Desire for the Word

Anselm of Canterbury and the Desire for the Word
Author: Eileen C. Sweeney
Publisher: CUA Press
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2012-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0813219582

Sweeney's study offers a comprehensive picture of Anselm's thought and its development, from the early, intimate, monastically based meditations to the later, public, proto-scholastic disputations

Ordering Chaos

Ordering Chaos
Author: Bridget K. Balint
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2009
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9004174117

From c. 1100 until c. 1170, Latin prosimetrical texts characterized by dialogue, allegory, and philosophical speculation enjoyed a notable popularity within the cultural ambit of the French cathedral schools. Inspired by Boethiusa (TM) "Consolation of Philosophy," the prosimetrum writers applied his literary techniques to the ethical and anthropological concerns of their own era, producing texts of great artistry in the process. This book investigates the rise of the Boethian impulse in Latin, the innovations of the twelfth-century writers, the difficulties that arose when they attempted to recapture the certainty that characterized the "Consolation," and the survival of aspects of this literary mode in later Latin and vernacular literature.

Early Franciscan Theology

Early Franciscan Theology
Author: Lydia Schumacher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2019-07-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108498655

Demonstrates the innovativeness of early Franciscan theology, contesting the longstanding view that it simply rehearses the views of earlier authorities.

Philosophy of John Duns Scotus

Philosophy of John Duns Scotus
Author: Antonie Vos
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 672
Release: 2006-06-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0748627251

John Duns Scotus is arguably one of the most significant philosopher theologians of the middle ages who has often been overlooked. This book serves to recover his rightful place in the history of Western philosophy revealing that he is in fact one of the great masters of our philosophical heritage. Among the fields to which Scotus has made an immense contribution are logic, metaphysics, philosophy of mind and action, and ethical theory.The Philosophy of John Duns Scotus provides a formidable yet comprehensive overview of the life and works of this Scottish-born philosopher. Vos has successfully combined his lifetime of dedicated study with the significant body of biographical literature, resulting in a unique look at the life and works of this philosopher theologian.