The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Philosophy

by Marenbon, John

• ISBN13: 9780195379488
• ISBN10: 0195379489
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

ThisHandbookis 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. TheHandbookbegins 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.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Introduction	p. 3
A Survey of Medieval Philosophy
The Late Ancient Background to Medieval Philosophy	p. 17
Greek Philosophy	p. 29
Arabic Philosophy and Theology before Avicenna	p. 58
Avicenna and Afterwards	p. 83
Averroes and Philosophy in Islamic Spain	p. 106
Medieval Jewish Philosophy in Arabic	p. 130
Jewish Philosophy in Hebrew	p. 148
Latin Philosophy to 1200	p. 166
Latin Philosophy, 1200-1350	p. 192
Latin Philosophy, 1350-1550	p. 220
Medieval Philosophy after the Middle Ages	p. 245
Issues in Medieval Philosophy
Logic and Philosophy of Language
Logical Form	p. 271
Logical Consequence	p. 289
Modality	p. 312
Meaning: Foundational and Semantic Theories	p. 342
Mental Language	p. 363
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Universals	p. 385
Being	p. 403
States of Affairs	p. 421
Parts, Wholes and Identity	p. 445
Material Substance	p. 468
Mind and Hylomorphism	p. 486
Body and Soul	p. 505
Eternity	p. 525
Scepticism and Metaphysics	p. 547
Moral Psychology, Ethics, Political Philosophy and Aesthetics
Freedom of the Will	p. 569
Moral Intention	p. 588
Virtue and Law	p. 605
Natural Law	p. 622
Rights	p. 643
Aesthetics	p. 661
Philosophy op Religion
Arguments for the Existence of God	p. 687
Philosophy and the Trinity	p. 705
Index	p. 731
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