Angels in medieval philosophical inquiry
Subtitle: their function and significance
By: [edited by] Isabel Iribarren and Martin Lenz.
Contributors: Iribarren, Isabel.; Lenz, Martin, 1970-
Series: Ashgate studies in medieval philosophy
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Ltd.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754658030
Subjects: Angels; Philosophy, Medieval
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The role of angels in medieval philosophical inquiry / Isabel Iribarren and Martin Lenz; title: Angels as exemplars of world order; title: The hierarchies in the writings of Alan of Lille, William of Auvergne, and St. Bonaventure / David Luscombe; title: Deplatonising the celestial hierarchy : Peter John Olivis interpretation of the pseudo-dionysius / Sylvain Piron; title: Angelic individuality and the possibility of a better world : Durandus of St Pourçains criticism of Thomas Aquinas / Isabel Iribarren; title: Angelic location; title: Abelard on angels / John Marenbon; title: The condemnations of 1277 and Henry of Ghent on angelic location / Richard Cross; title: Angels, space and place : the location of separate substances according to John Duns Scotus / Tozoana Suarez-Nani; title: Late medieval debates on the location of angels after the condemnation of 1277 / Henrik Wells; title: Angelic cognition and language; title: The language of angels : on the subjectivity and intersubjectivity of pure spirits / Theo Kobusch; title: Thought experiments : the methodological function of angels in late medieval epistemology / Dmoinik Perler; title: Why can't angels think properly? : Ockham against Chatton and Aquinas / Martin Lenz; title: Demonology; title: Demons as psychological abstractions / Alexander Murray; title: Angels in the Renaissance and the early modern period; title: Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation angels : a comparison / Stephan Meier-Oeser; title: On angelic bodies : some philosophical discussions in the seventeenth century / Anja Hallacker.