Medieval Modal Logic & Science: Augustine on Scientific Truth and Thomas on its Impossibility Without a First Cause - Couverture souple

Trundle, Robert

 
9780761813989: Medieval Modal Logic & Science: Augustine on Scientific Truth and Thomas on its Impossibility Without a First Cause
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ISBN 10 : 0761813985 ISBN 13 : 9780761813989
Editeur : University Press of America, 1999

Synopsis

Medieval Modal Logic & Science uses modal reasoning in a new way to fortify the relationships between science, ethics, and politics. Robert C. Trundle accomplishes this by analyzing the role of modal logic in the work of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, then applying these themes to contemporary issues. He incorporates Augustines ideas involving thought and consciousness, and Aquinass reasoning to a First Cause. The author also deals with Augustines ties to Aristotelian modalities of thought regarding science and logic, reassessing the commonly held belief in Augustines Platonism to not be a mistake as much as a simplistic view of his philosophy. Trundle links contemporary issues in epistemology, morality, theology, and logic, making several useful connections between ancient and medieval studies in modal logic and modern concerns. These applications of modal theory illuminate many puzzles in the works of Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Whitehead, and Kuhn.

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À propos de l?auteur

Robert C. Trundle is Professor of Philosophy at Northern Kentucky University.

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Éditeur
University Press of America
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0761813985
ISBN 13 
9780761813989
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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