The Franciscan William of Ockham was an English medieval philosopher, theologian, and political theorist. Ockham is important not only in the history of philosophy and theology, but also in the development of early modern science and of modern notions of property rights and church-state relations. This volume offers a full discussion of all significant aspects of Ockham's thought: logic, philosophy of language, metaphysics and natural philosophy, epistemology, ethics, action theory, political thought and theology. It is the first study of Ockham in any language to make full use of the new critical editions of his works, and to consider recent discoveries concerning his life, education, and influences.
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"This collection of essays on the philosophy and theology of 14th-century Franciscan friar William of Ockham is a welcome addition to the 35 prior volumes in the 'Cambridge Companions to Philosophy' series. The essays are carefully written, inviting the interest of the neophyte student of medieval thought...while at the same time retaining an exceedingly high standard of scholarship with copious references to the new edition of Ockham's writings..." Choice
"The Cambridge Companion to Ockham should prove to be a valuable resource for those making their first forays into the texts of an important and often challenging medieval thinker. It should also suggest new avenues for research on the part of advanced students." Review of Metaphysics
"serves as a useful guide, explaining Ockham's terminology, relevant background in Aristotle's works and other sources, and the philosophical import of seemingly arcane questions...Some represent an impressive combination of insight and clarity" Ethics
"The Cambridge Companion to Ockham should prove to be a valuable resource for those making their first forays into the texts of an important and often challenging medieval thinker. It should also suggest new avenues for research on the part of advanced students." Review of Metaphysics
"serves as a useful guide, explaining Ockham's terminology, relevant background in Aristotle's works and other sources, and the philosophical import of seemingly arcane questions...Some represent an impressive combination of insight and clarity" Ethics
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The Franciscan William of Ockham was an English medieval philosopher, theologian, and political theorist. Ockham is important not only in the history of philosophy and theology, but also in the development of early modern science and of modern notions of property rights and church-state relations. This volume offers a full discussion of all significant aspects of Ockham's thought: logic, philosophy of language, metaphysics and natural philosophy, epistemology, ethics, action theory, political thought and theology. It is the first study of Ockham in any language to make full use of the new critical editions of his works, and to consider recent discoveries concerning his life, education, and influences.
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supreme goodness, supreme nature, mental synonymy, quodlibetal text, present contingent property, antiqua semantics, simple connotative terms, ultimate significata, efficient partial causes, extramental material object, intellective intuitive cognition, personal supposita, operant grace, abstractive cognition, creatable natures, nonpositive morality, predicate supposits, praeter omnia, moral omnipotence, superabundant sufficiency, universal cup, personal supposition, evident assent, right reason dictates, mental language Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Mechanisms of Cognition, The Political Writings, Ockham's Repudiation of Pelagianism, Ockham's Philosophy of Nature, Ockham's Razor, Some Aspects of Ockham's Logic, Ockham's Nominalist Metaphysics, Holy Spirit, Ockham's Ethical Theory, Marsilius of Padua, Giles of Rome, Walter Burley, William of Ockham, John of Reading, Roman Empire, Adam Wodeham, Pope John, Peter Auriol, Walter Chatton, Duns Scotus, Richard Campsall, Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle's Physics, Saint Paul, Henry of Ghent Browse Sample Pages:
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The Mechanisms of Cognition, The Political Writings, Ockham's Repudiation of Pelagianism, Ockham's Philosophy of Nature, Ockham's Razor, Some Aspects of Ockham's Logic, Ockham's Nominalist Metaphysics, Holy Spirit, Ockham's Ethical Theory, Marsilius of Padua, Giles of Rome, Walter Burley, William of Ockham, John of Reading, Roman Empire, Adam Wodeham, Pope John, Peter Auriol, Walter Chatton, Duns Scotus, Richard Campsall, Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle's Physics, Saint Paul, Henry of Ghent Browse Sample Pages:
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- Passions in William Ockham's Philosophical Psychology (Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind) by Vesa Hirvonen in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Milton's Theology of Freedom (Arbeiten Zur Kirchengeschichte 98) by Benjamin Myers on page 25, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Named God and the Question Of Being: A Trinitarian Theo-Ontology by Stanley J. Grenz on page 59, page 60, and page 64
- Emotions and Choice from Boethius to Descartes (Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind) by Henrik Lagerlund in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Aquinas (Arguments of the Philosophers) by Eleonore Stump in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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