The Philosophical Vision of John Duns Scotus: An Introduction
by Mary Beth Ingham and Mechthild Dreyer
Catholic University of America Press, 2004 Paper: 978-0-8132-1370-5 | eISBN: 978-0-8132-1614-0 | Cloth: 978-0-8132-1369-9 Library of Congress Classification B765.D74I554 2004 Dewey Decimal Classification 189.4
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ABOUT THIS BOOK In this much-anticipated work, distinguished authors Mary Beth Ingham and Mechthild Dreyer present an accessible introduction to the philosophy of the thirteenth century Franciscan John Duns Scotus
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
Introduction i
1. The Historical Moment
1
1.1 Philosophy in the late 13th century 3
1.2 Scotus's Life and Works 9
1.3 Scotus's Philosophical Context
14
I. THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL CRITIQUE
2. Knowing Reality 24
2.1 Abstractive and Intuitive cognition 27
2.2 The Formal Distinction 35
2.3 The Univocity of Being 41
II. THE METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS
3. Metaphysics and Natural Knowledge of God 58
3.1 The Nobility of Metaphysics 59
3.2 The Subject of Metaphysics 63
3.2.1 Is God the Object of Metaphysics? 68
3.2.2 Being qua Being as the Object of Metaphysics
74
3.3 The Proof of God's Existence
78
4. Modes of Being: Will and Nature 97
4.1 The Problem of Contingency
98
4.2 Contingency and the Divine Will 102
4.3 Modality 110
4.4 Common Nature 111
4.5 The Principle of Individuation
119
III. THE ETHICAL DOMAIN
5. The Foundations of a Science of Praxis
131
5.1 The Perfection of a Rational Nature 134
5.2 The Science of Praxis
140
5.3 Moral foundations: Natural law and the Divine Will 145
5.4 The Extent of Divine Willing
151
5.5 Conclusions 156
6. The Rational Will and Freedom
163
6.1 The a posteriori Argument from Causality 169
6.2 The a priori consideration from the Will's Constitution
171
6.3 The Collaboration of Intellect and Will
177
7. Practical Wisdom and Moral Goodness
192
7.1 Moral Goodness 194
7.2 Practical Reasoning 204
7.3 The Role of Moral Virtue 209
IV. CONCLUSIONS
8. Scotus's Legacy 222
Select Bibliography 235
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Duns Scotus, John, ca, 1266-1308
The Philosophical Vision of John Duns Scotus: An Introduction
by Mary Beth Ingham and Mechthild Dreyer
Catholic University of America Press, 2004 Paper: 978-0-8132-1370-5 eISBN: 978-0-8132-1614-0 Cloth: 978-0-8132-1369-9
In this much-anticipated work, distinguished authors Mary Beth Ingham and Mechthild Dreyer present an accessible introduction to the philosophy of the thirteenth century Franciscan John Duns Scotus
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
Introduction i
1. The Historical Moment
1
1.1 Philosophy in the late 13th century 3
1.2 Scotus's Life and Works 9
1.3 Scotus's Philosophical Context
14
I. THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL CRITIQUE
2. Knowing Reality 24
2.1 Abstractive and Intuitive cognition 27
2.2 The Formal Distinction 35
2.3 The Univocity of Being 41
II. THE METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS
3. Metaphysics and Natural Knowledge of God 58
3.1 The Nobility of Metaphysics 59
3.2 The Subject of Metaphysics 63
3.2.1 Is God the Object of Metaphysics? 68
3.2.2 Being qua Being as the Object of Metaphysics
74
3.3 The Proof of God's Existence
78
4. Modes of Being: Will and Nature 97
4.1 The Problem of Contingency
98
4.2 Contingency and the Divine Will 102
4.3 Modality 110
4.4 Common Nature 111
4.5 The Principle of Individuation
119
III. THE ETHICAL DOMAIN
5. The Foundations of a Science of Praxis
131
5.1 The Perfection of a Rational Nature 134
5.2 The Science of Praxis
140
5.3 Moral foundations: Natural law and the Divine Will 145
5.4 The Extent of Divine Willing
151
5.5 Conclusions 156
6. The Rational Will and Freedom
163
6.1 The a posteriori Argument from Causality 169
6.2 The a priori consideration from the Will's Constitution
171
6.3 The Collaboration of Intellect and Will
177
7. Practical Wisdom and Moral Goodness
192
7.1 Moral Goodness 194
7.2 Practical Reasoning 204
7.3 The Role of Moral Virtue 209
IV. CONCLUSIONS
8. Scotus's Legacy 222
Select Bibliography 235
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Duns Scotus, John, ca, 1266-1308