Philosophical Debates at Paris in the Early Fourteenth Century

Stephen F. Brown, Ph.D. (1965) in Philosophy, Université de Louvain, is Professor of Theology and Director of the Institute of Medieval Philosophy and Theology, Boston College. He has edited the texts and published extensively on many of the medieval authors discussed in this volume.Thomas Dewender, Ph.D. (1999) in Philosophy, University of Bochum, is assistant in the Philosophy Department, University of Bonn, where he is teaching and doing research mainly on ancient and medieval philosophy. Theo Kobusch, Ph.D. (1972) in Philosophy, University of Giessen, is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bonn. He has published extensively on the history of ancient and medieval philosophy including, most recently, Christliche Philosophie. Die Entdeckung der Subjektivität(2006).

• IntroductionHistorical ContextAuriol's Rubrics:Citations of university Theologians in Peter Auriol's Scriptum in Primum Librum SententiarumGodfrey of Fontaines and the Succession Theory of Forms at Paris in the Early Fouteenth CenturyAscoli, Wylton, and Alnwickon Scotus's Formal Distinctions: Taxonomy, Refinement, and InteractionThe Unpleasantness with the Agent Intellect in Meister EckhartBeatific VisionDurandus of St.-Puurcain and Peter Auriol on the Act of Beatific EnjoymentParisian Discussions of the Beatific Vision after the Council of Vienne: Thomas Wylton, Silbert of Beka, Peter Auriol, and Raymundus BequiniIntentionsIntentions in the First Quarter of the Fourteenth Century: Hervaeus Natalis versus Radulphus BritoPrimae et Secundae Intentiones. Einige Grundzuge der Intentionalitatslehre des Hervaeus NatalisRealism and Intentionality: Hervaeus Natalis, Peter Aureoli, and William Ockham in DiscussionRealities and RelationsDer Ontologische Status der Relationen nach Durandus von St.-Pourcain, Hervaeus Natalis und Petrus AureoliThe Christological thought of Durandus of St.-Pourcain in the Context of an Emergent ThomismAureol and the Ambiguitiesof the Distinction of REasonSingularite et Individualite selon Pierre AuriolDuns Scotus on the Origins of the Possible in the Divine IntellectTheology and ScienceScotus at Paris on the Critieria for Scientific KnowledgeDeclarative Theology after Durandus: Its Re-presentation and Defense by Peter AureoliIntuition, Abstraction and the Possibility of a Science of God: Durandus of St.-Pourcain, Gerard of Bologna and William of OckhamOn the Trial od a Philosophical Debate: Durandus of St.-Pourcain vs. Thomas Wylton on Simultaneous Acts in the IntellectPropositions and Their MeaningLe signifie propositionnel selon Jean Duns Scot et Gauthier BurleyWalter Burley's Propositio in re and the Systematization of the Ordo SignificationisIndicesIndex codicumIndex nominumIndex rerum

"...This volume represents a major contribution to recent literature on early fourteenth century philosophy and theology, particularly as produced in the very active intellectual climate of Paris at that time. One can easily argue that the first three decades of the fourteenth century at Paris, with the contributions of Duns Scotus, Gerard of Bologna, Hervaeus Natalis, Durand of St. Pourçain, Thomas Wylton, Walter Burley, Peter Auriol, and a host of others mark one of the richest periods in scholastic thought, comparable to the achievements of the second half of the thirteenth century. Not only do the chapters in this volume offer fresh insights into the thought of these individuals, but the topics chosen are among the most discussed and controversial of the period, such as epistemology, intuitive and abstractive cognition, first and second intentions, the intension and remission of forms, Scotus’ formal distinction, the scientific status of theology, fruition and enjoyment, the ontological status of relation, the problem of universals, and the meaning of propositions. Anyone interested in Parisian scholastic thought of the generation between Henry of Ghent and Francis of Marchia needs to be aware of the essays contained here..."William J. Courtenay, University of Wisconsin-Madison in H-France Review Vol. 10 (December 2010), No. 224