Stephen Boulter

Why Medieval Philosophy Matters (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Tackling the question of why medieval philosophy matters in the current age, Stephen Boulter issues a passionate and robust defence of this school in the history of ideas. He examines both familiar territory and neglected texts and thinkers whilst also asking the question of why, exactly, this matters or should matter to how we think now.

Why Medieval Philosophy is also provides a introduction to medieval philosophy more generally exploring how this area of philosophy has been received, debated and, sometimes, dismissed in the history of philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350094178
• Artikelnr.: 54951574

Autorenporträt

Stephen Boulter is a Reader in Philosophy and Ethics, Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is author of The Rediscovery of Common Sense Philosophy (2007) and Metaphysics from a Biological Point of View (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

preface Introduction Chapter 1. Medieval Philosophy and Common Sense
Chapter 2. Medieval Philosophy and the Sciences Chapter 3. Medieval
Philosophy and Methodology Chapter 4. What Philosophers Used to Know (The
art of distinctions) Chapter 5. The Best Argument for the Existence of God
(Scotus' De Primo Principio) Chapter 6. Medieval Philosophy and the Problem
of Western Disenchantment Bibliography Index