The Cambridge Companion to Duns Scotus

by Edited by Thomas Williams

• ISBN13: 9780521635639
• ISBN10: 0521635632
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-09
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Each volume in this series of companions to major philosophers contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography, and will serve as a reference work for students and non-specialists. One aim of the series is to dispel the intimidation such readers often feel when faced with the work of a difficult and challenging thinker. John Duns Scotus (1265/6-1308) was (along with Aquinas and Ockham) one of the three principal figures in medieval philosophy and theology, with an influence on modern thought arguably even greater than that of Aquinas. The essays in this volume systematically survey the full range of Scotus' thought. They take care to explain the technical details of his writing in lucid terms and demonstrate the relevance of his work to contemporary philosophical debate. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Scotus currently available.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Abbreviations and Method of Citation	xiii
Duns Scotus in English Translation	xv
Introduction: The Life and Works of John Duns the Scot	1	(14)
Thomas Williams
Scotus on Metaphysics	15	(54)
Peter King
Space and Time	69	(31)
Neil Lewis
Universals and Individuation	100	(29)
Timothy B. Noone
Duns Scotus's Modal Theory	129	(32)
Calvin G. Normore
Duns Scotus's Philosophy of Language	161	(32)
Dominik Perler
Duns Scotus on Natural Theology	193	(45)
James F. Ross
Todd Bates
Duns Scotus on Natural and Supernatural Knowledge of God	238	(25)
William E. Mann
Philosophy of Mind	263	(22)
Richard Cross
Cognition	285	(27)
Robert Pasnau
Scotus's Theory of Natural Law	312	(20)
Hannes Mohle
From Metaethics to Action Theory	332	(20)
Thomas Williams
Rethinking Moral Dispositions: Scotus on the Virtues	352	(25)
Bonnie Kent
Bibliography	377	(18)
Citations of Works Attributed to John Duns Scotus	395	(10)
Index	405