The Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy of John Buridan

The Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy of John Buridan

Buch | Hardcover
302 Seiten
2000
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-11514-9 (ISBN)
143,38 inkl. MwSt
A collection of original articles by a dozen scholars on the work of the influential 14th-century philosopher John Buridan, this book extends Buridan's reputation in logic to metaphysics and natural philosophy, showing how he brought a fresh approach to solving some of the classic problems of philosophy.
This book is a collection of papers on the metaphysics and natural philosophy of John Buridan (ca. 1295-1361), one of the most innovative and influential thinkers of the later Middle Ages. It brings together original contributions by fifteen Buridan scholars on a number of central topics in the Buridanian corpus, including the theory of universals, the role of definitions in scientific practice, necessity and probability, time, the natural order, the theory of motion, time and infinity, certitude, sensation, dreams, and volition.
The papers provide a unified picture of Buridan's non-logical writings, most of which are still unedited, emphasizing throughout his particular methods of presenting and solving philosophical problems. The result suggests that Buridan's reputation for brilliance in logic and semantics deserves to be extended to other areas of philosophy, and that his work deserves closer study.

Contributors include: Paul J.J.M. Bakker, Joël Biard, Dirk-Jan Dekker, Peter King, Gyula Klima, Simo Knuuttila, Gerhard Krieger, John E. Murdoch, Fabienne Pironet, Olaf Pluta, Rolf Schönberger, Peter G. Sobol, Edith Dudley Sylla, Johannes M.M.H. Thijssen, and Jack Zupko.

J.M.M.H. Thijssen is Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Natural Philosophy at Nijmegen University. He has published extensively in the history of philosophy and science. Among his current projects is a critical edition of Book 3 of Buridan's commentary on the Physics, which will be published by Brill. Jack Zupko, Ph.D. (1989) in Philosophy, Cornell University, is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Emory University. He has published numerous articles on later medieval philosophy and John Buridan.

Preface



John Buridan, Metaphysician and Natural Philosopher. An Introductory Survey, Johannes M. M. H. Thijssen & Jack Zupko

John Buridan’s Solution to the Problem of Universals, Peter King

Buridan’s Theory of Definitions in his Scientific Practice, Gyula Klima

Buridan’s Theory of Identity, Olaf Pluta
Necessities in Buridan’s Natural Philosophy, Simo Knuuttila

The Natural Order in John Buridan, Joël Biard

Naturaliter principiis assentimus: Naturalism as the Foundation of Human Knowledge?, Gerhard Krieger

John Buridan on Infinity, John E. Murdoch & Johannes M. M. H. Thijssen

Buridan’s Concept of Time. Time, Motion and the Soul in John Buridan’s Questions on Aristotle’s Physics, Dirk-Jan Dekker

On Certitude, Jack Zupko

Sensations, Intentions, Memories, and Dreams, Peter G. Sobol

The Notion of “non velle” in Buridan’s Ethics, Fabienne Pironet

Ideo quasi mendicare oportet intellectum humanum: The Role of Theology in John Buridan’s Natural Philosophy, Edith Dudley Sylla

Aristotelian Metaphysics and Eucharistic Theology: John Buridan and Marsilius of Inghen on the Ontological Status of Accidental Being, Paul J. J. M. Bakker

Philosophical Theology in John Buridan, Rolf Schönberger



Bibliography

Index of Names

Index of Manuscripts

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.11.2000
Reihe/Serie Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science ; 2
Co-Autor Schönberger, Simo Knuuttila, Sylla, Peter King, Gyula Klima
Verlagsort Leiden
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 697 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik / Ontologie
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie des Mittelalters
ISBN-10 90-04-11514-5 / 9004115145
ISBN-13 978-90-04-11514-9 / 9789004115149
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