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Contingency and Freedom

Lectura I 39

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  • © 1994

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  1. John Duns Scotus
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Part of the book series: The New Synthese Historical Library (SYNL, volume 42)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. John Duns Scotus’ Lectura I 39: A Key Text

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      Pages 1-2

    2. John Duns Scotus’ Development

      • John Duns Scotus
      Pages 3-9

    3. The Lectura, a course on the Sentences in Oxford

      • John Duns Scotus
      Pages 10-14

    4. The structure of Lectura I 39

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      Pages 15-18

    5. The target of Lectura I 39

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      Pages 18-23

    6. Scotus’ theory of contingency

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      Pages 23-33

    7. The Theory of Synchronic Contingency as a Key to the Lectura

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      Pages 33-36

    8. The Logical Tools Used

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      Pages 37-38

    9. On the Translation

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      Pages 39-40

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 42-208
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About this book

During the seventies, there was a revival of systematic philosophy in general and of ontology in particular. At the same time, especially in Anglo-Saxon thinking, systematic philosophy interacted very creatively with the history of medieval philosophy. It seems to us that the work of John Duns Scotus (1266-1308) could substantially benefit these develop­ ments. Not only this, but his works cries out to be developed across the whole spectrum of theology -that science which, in the Middle Ages, ruled all others ('regina scientiarum'). This book is the outcome of several years of scholarship and friend­ ship during which, guided by Dr. A. Vos, we have studied the work of Scotus. Our research group is connected to the Theological Faculty of Utrecht and to the Dutch Franciscan Study Centre (Stichting Francis­ caans Studiecentrum). This study presents a translation and commentary of Lectura I 39, which, in our view, is noteable as one of the key texts in the history of systematic theology and philosophy. In this book we have used specialist language and argumentation, but at the same time have taken pains to make it useful to a circle of in­ terested readers wider than simply that of those well-versed in medieval scholasticism. In this way, we hope to present the difficult but instruc­ tive work of the 'subtle master' ('doctor subtilis') in such a way as to make it attractive to other scholars and students in theology and philoso­ phy.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Contingency and Freedom

  • Book Subtitle: Lectura I 39

  • Authors: John Duns Scotus

  • Series Title: The New Synthese Historical Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8275-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2707-3Published: 28 February 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4367-2Published: 09 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8275-9Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1879-8578

  • Series E-ISSN: 2352-2585

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 208

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Metaphysics, Ontology, Medieval Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Religious Studies, general

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