Rethinking Intuitive Cognition: Duns Scotus and the Possibility of the Autonomy of Human Thought
This study will examine the ontological dependency between the thinking act of the intellect and the intelligibility of the objects of thought. Whereas the intellectual tradition prior to Duns Scotus grounds the formation of the objects of thought and our ability to understand them with certainty in...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Marquette Univ. Press
[2017]
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Philosophy & theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 221-276 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Duns Scotus, John 1266-1308
/ God
/ Human being
/ Cognitive process
/ Knowledge
/ Object (Philosophy)
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RelBib Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KDB Roman Catholic Church NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology VA Philosophy |
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Summary: | This study will examine the ontological dependency between the thinking act of the intellect and the intelligibility of the objects of thought. Whereas the intellectual tradition prior to Duns Scotus grounds the formation of the objects of thought and our ability to understand them with certainty in different forms of participation in the divine intellect, Scotus shows that the intelligibility of the objects of thought is internal to them alone and is not dependent on participation. |
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ISSN: | 0890-2461 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Philosophy & theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/philtheol20178479 |