Atomism in Late Medieval Philosophy and Theology

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-474-2564-9
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Sonstiges, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 1600 mm x 2400 mm, Gewicht: 574 g

This book is the result of a collective attempt to give a general survey of the development of atomism and its critics in the late Middle Ages. All the contributors focussed on the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries atomists and anti-atomists, with a thorough examination of some important figures, as Nicholas of Autrecourt or John Wyclif, and lesser known as Gerard of Odo or William Crathorn for example. From those essays on particular authors a new way of understanding the discussions of atomism in late medieval philosophy and theology emerges. This volume demonstrates the existence of strong and complicated connections between natural philosophy, mathematics and theology in the medieval discussions of the atomistic hypothesis. All chapters present a new research that will be of interest to historians of medieval philosophy, science and theology.

Contributors include: Joël Biard, Sander W. de Boer, Jean Celeyrette, Christophe Grellard, Elżbieta Jung, Emily Michael, John E. Murdoch, Robert PodkoÅ„ski, Aurélien Robert, and Rega Wood.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Grellard, Christoph

Robert, Aurélien

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
List of Authors
Introduction, 'Christophe Grellard & Aurélien Robert'
1. Beyond Aristotle: Indivisibles and Infinite Divisibility in the Later Middle Ages, 'John E. Murdoch'
2. Indivisibles and Infinities: Richard Rufus on Points, 'Rega Wood'
3. Richard Kilvington on Continuity, 'Elżbieta Jung & Robert Podkoński'
4. The Importance of Atomism in the Philosophy of Gerard of Odo (O.F.M.), 'Sander W. de Boer'
5. Nicholas of Autrecourt’s Atomistic Physics, 'Christophe Grellard'
6. William Crathorn’s Mereotopological Atomism, 'Aurélien Robert'
7. An Indivisibilist Argumentation at Paris around 1335 : Michel of Montecalerio’s Question on Point and the Controversy with John Buridan, 'Jean Celeyrette'
8. John Wyclif’s Atomism, 'Emily Michael'
9. Blasius of Parma facing Atomist Assumptions, 'Joël Biard'
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Aurélien Robert, PhD (2005) in Philosophy, is researcher at the École française de Rome and at the Centre d'Études Supérieures de la Renaissance (CNRS). He has published several papers on medieval epistemology, and more specifically on William of Ockham.
Christophe Grellard, PhD (2001) is associate professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris 1 -Sorbonne. He has published 'Croire et savoir. Les principes de la connaissance selonz Nicolas d'Autrécourt' (Vrin, Paris, 2005) and numerous articles on medieval epistemology and history of sciences.