Force of Reason and the Logic of Force

RICHARD A. LEE JR is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at De Paul University, USA. He is the author of Science, the Singular, and the Question of Theology, and he has written on medieval philosophy, early modern philosophy, the Frankfurt School and contemporary European philosophy.

• Introduction The Trouble with Force Tracing the Logic of Force: Roger Bacon's De Multiplicatione Specierum Creation, Order, and Violence in Thomas Aquinas Albertus Magnus and Nicole Oresme on Force and Nature Knowledge and Power in the Thought of Pierre d'Ailly Hobbes' Logic of Force: The Phenomenon of Motion and the Capacities of Ratiocination Bibliography