...This chapter explores John Duns Scotus' views on will, freedom, and reason, in combination with Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas intends his position to be: faithful to Aristotle, philosophically plausible, and theologically adequate. Scotus and William of Ockham share Aquinas' aims, but believe they can...

...This chapter summarizes what Henry of Ghent, Duns Scotus, and William Ockham each have to say about the question of divine production. Henry insists that the divine essence plays the role of materials in divine production, but Scotus and Ockham both reject this, though they disagree about...

...Duns Scotus claimed that the divine predicates (words such as ‘omnipotent’ used to pick out divine properties) are used in senses univocal with their ordinary senses. Aquinas claimed that these predicates were used in analogical senses. Aquinas's conclusion follows from his definition of univocity...

... with each other. John Duns Scotus William of Ockham Aristotle Augustine Manetti G Markus R A Sextus Empiricus Boethius Cicero Jackson B D Magee J Maierù A Meiser C Robertson D W Roger Bacon William of Auvergne Switalski B Alessio F Biard J Fredborg K M Goering J Lambert of Auxerre...

...This chapter examines the theologies of the sacraments of John Duns Scotus, one of the most important theologians and philosophers of the High Middle Ages. Scotus viewed sacraments as “signs of God’s salvific activity” in the lives of believers and fascinatingly asserted that “the seven sacraments...

... and the other on emanations. It discusses the contributions of John Duns Scotus and highlights two important fourteenth-century developments: the denial that the Trinitarian mystery can be explained in any significant sense and innovations in Trinitarian logic. Duns Scotus John Praepositinianism Aquinas St...

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...This book provides a comprehensive overview of the life and works of John Duns Scotus, one of the significant philosopher-theologians of the Middle Ages. It suggests that by discovering the historical truth of Scotus's thought, we can discern that its historical place is embedded in an overall...

...This chapter examines the early life and career of John Duns Scotus at Oxford University. Scotus studied theology and philosophy in Oxford, and was ordained a priest in 1291. He was later selected to become a master of divinity at Oxford, and delivered a masterly course on systematic theology...

...This chapter examines the life and career of John Duns Scotus in Paris, Oxford, Cambridge and Cologne during the period from 1303 to 1308, explaining that during this time, he was constantly on the move. Scotus spent his time in exile, in a new effort as baccalaureus sententiarius...

...This chapter examines John Duns Scotus's writings about individuality, will and freedom. It discusses the matter theory of individuals and the early nominalist theory of individuality, and expounds on Scotus's own personal theory of individuality. The chapter considers the issue of whether Scotus's...

...This chapter examines John Duns Scotus's philosophical theory of God. It explores issues regarding the existence and nature of God, and considers several additional aspects of God's knowledge, including contingent nature of his immutable knowledge and the infallibility and eternity of divine...

...This chapter investigates how John Duns Scotus looked at Aristotle and how he assessed his philosophy. It suggests that the critical tendencies of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century thought provide the broader context of Scotism and nominalism. The chapter explains that Scotus listed a group...

...This chapter examines the historical dilemmas concerning John Duns Scotus's philosophy and the dilemma of the earliest modern studies in medieval philosophy, which did not acknowledge the phenomenon of medieval philosophy. It discusses the emergence of the so-called historiens croyants...

...The Singular Voice of Being: John Duns Scotus and Ultimate Difference reconsiders John Duns Scotus’s well-covered theory of the univocity of being in light of his less explored discussions of ultimate difference. Ultimate difference is a notion introduced by Aristotle and known...

... on God Calvin and Logic Calvin and Law miracle potentia absoluta power Stone M W F van den Brink G absolute power and divine freedom Duns Scotus Adams M M absolute vs ordained power of God Geach P T God’s essence and character covenant McGrath A E merit necessitatis consequentis vs...

...John Duns Scotus's theory of the passions of the will caused much interest among late medieval and early modern thinkers, not least because it extended the scope of the theory of emotion from sensory reactions to the psychology of will and intellect. After delineating the Scotist theory, I discuss...

... that some explanation is a complete explanation. It may be helpful at this stage to contrast the terminology that I have introduced and the results that I have reached with those of Aquinas and Duns Scotus, who are among the few philosophers of the past who devoted much thought to this matter of explaining...