William Ockham on metaphysics the science of being and God
- Author/Creator:
- Pelletier, Jenny E.
- Publication/Creation:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- William Ockham on metaphysics the science of being and God / by Jenny E. Pelletier
- Series Titles:
- Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters ; 109
Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters ; Bd. 109.
- Related/Included Titles:
- Preliminary Material /
Introduction /
1 Metaphysics as a Science /
2 The Concept of Being /
3 The Predication of the Term ‘Being’ /
4 Metaphysics and Theology /
Conclusion /
Bibliography /
Index /
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Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Jenny E. Pelletier -- Introduction / Jenny E. Pelletier -- 1 Metaphysics as a Science / Jenny E. Pelletier -- 2 The Concept of Being / Jenny E. Pelletier -- 3 The Predication of the Term ‘Being’ / Jenny E. Pelletier -- 4 Metaphysics and Theology / Jenny E. Pelletier -- Conclusion / Jenny E. Pelletier -- Bibliography / Jenny E. Pelletier -- Index / Jenny E. Pelletier.
- Summary:
- In William Ockham on Metaphysics , Jenny Pelletier offers an account of Ockham's concept of metaphysics as it emerges throughout his philosophical and theological work. She argues that Ockham (c. 1287-1347) believed metaphysics to be a fruitful branch of philosophy and gives a preliminary description of its distinctive subject-matter. Metaphysics is the science that studies all beings and their most general properties. Ockham was considered by some to be profoundly skeptical of metaphysics. Recent scholarship tends to focus on regional metaphysical issues (e.g. universals, relations), logic or semantics, theory of cognition, concepts, mental language. Jenny Pelletier provides a positive interpretation of Ockham on metaphysics as such that enriches our current understanding of this seminal medieval thinker.
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (309 p.)
- General Note:
- Description based upon print version of record.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936717390402486
- ISBN:
- 1-283-85436-8
90-04-23016-5 - OCLC Number:
- 821180590
- Other Identifiers:
- DOI: 10.1163/9789004230163
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