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Medieval Philosophy and Modern Times

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Editors:
  1. Ghita HolmstrÖm-Hintikka

    1. Department of Philosophy, Boston University, USA
      Department of Philosophy and Department of Systematic Theology, University of Helsinki, Finland

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 288)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Reflections on the Structural Sources of Bonaventure’s Itinerarium Mentis in Deum

    • Stephen F. Brown
    Pages 1-16

  3. Omniscience and Incoherence

    • Michael Martin
    Pages 17-34

  4. Religious Experience and Contemporary Models of the Mind

    • Leila Haaparanta
    Pages 35-44

  5. Transcendental Elements in the Semantics of Crathorn

    • Heikki Kirjavainen
    Pages 45-58

  6. The Trinity and Positio Impossibilis: Some Remarks on Inconsistence

    • Mikko Yrjönsuuri
    Pages 59-68

  7. Saint Anselm’s Proof: A Problem of Reference, Intentional Identity and Mutual Understanding

    • Gyula Klima
    Pages 69-87

  8. Remarks on Medieval Discussions of Religious Emotions

    • Simo Knuuttila
    Pages 89-100

  9. Questions about a Question in Ockham

    • Ghita Holmström-Hintikka
    Pages 101-119

  10. Augustine’s Two Wills and Two Goals: Some Applications of Holmström-Hintikka’s Formal Theory

    • Risto Saarinen
    Pages 121-136

  11. Pascal’s Wager and Moral Tutiorism

    • Ilkka Kantola
    Pages 137-144

  12. Certitude or Knowledge of God? Thirteenth-Century Augustinians and the Doctrine of Divine Illumination

    • Steven P. Marrone
    Pages 145-160

  13. Lumen Medium Henry of Ghent on the Accessibility of Theological Truths

    • Reijo Työrinoja
    Pages 161-182

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 183-190
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Modern developments in philosophy have provided us with tools, logical and methodological, that were not available to Medieval thinkers - a development that has its dangers as well as opportunities. Modern tools allow one to penetrate old texts and analyze old problems in new ways, offering interpretations that the old thinkers could not have known. But unless one remains sensitive to the fact that language has undergone changes, bringing with it a shift in the meaning of terminology, one can easily perpetrate an anachronism.
Yet there is a growing need to bring modern tools and to bear on the struggle for greater understanding of the problems studied and the solutions found by the ancient scholars. If we remain sensitive to the dangers, this openness to new methods can be expected to widen our perspectives and deepen our knowledge of old material.
The focus in the present volume is on problems in Medieval and contemporary philosophy of religion.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, Boston University, USA

    Ghita HolmstrÖm-Hintikka

  • Department of Philosophy and Department of Systematic Theology, University of Helsinki, Finland

    Ghita HolmstrÖm-Hintikka

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