Why Medieval Philosophy Matters - Boulter, Stephen

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Résumé :
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....

Biographie:
Stephen Boulter is Senior Lecturer 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).

Sommaire:

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