Creatura intellecta: die Ideen und Possibilien bei Duns Scotus mit Ausblick auf Franz von Mayronis, Poncius und Mastrius
Edition: 1 Auflage.
Series: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Philosophie und Theologie des Mittelalters; N.F -- 60
Publisher: Aschendorff Verlag; Aschendorff
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Münster
Language: ger
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: OUR Brockhaus selection; Philosophie
Description: The most controversial aspect of the interpretation of Scotus’s modal theory concerns the question of whether things are possible because God knows them to be possible, or whether they are possible independently from God. I argue that Scotus thought that the possibles are possibles because of God’s knowledge of them. I adduce a number of relevant texts that previous 20th century discussions of this interpretational problem have not taken into account. In addition, I discuss the modal theory of Francis of Meyronnes (14th century) as well as the reception of Scotus’s modal theory by two Scotists of the 17th century, i.e., John Punch and Bartholomew Mastrius.