John Duns Scotus
Subtitle: Metaphysics and Ethics (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters)
Contributors: Ludger Honnefelder (Editor); Rega Wood (Editor); Mechthild Dreyer (Editor)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: July 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9789004103573
Subjects: Ethics & moral philosophy; Metaphysics & ontology; Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600; Philosophy; History & Surveys - Medieval; ca. 1266-1308; Medieval Ethics; Metaphysics; Science/Mathematics; Interior Design - General; Medieval; Duns Scotus, John; Congresses; Duns Scotus, John,; Ethics; Ethics, Medieval
Description: 'Of realty the rarest-veined unraveler', John Duns Scotus was one of the profoundest metaphysicians who ever lived. In this volume, the world's foremost Scotus scholars collaborate to present the latest research on his work. In ethics, the focus is on practical wisdom, on beauty as an ethical concept, and on the independence of the virtues; in metaphysics, on modality, individuation, and being.

Textbook accounts notwithstanding, Scotus' theory of logical possibilities implies no existence or actuality for possible beings though being and thinking presuppose the domain of possibility; potency only supervenes on the actual. There are important thirteenth-century precursors of Scotus' theory of modality and individuation. Posterior to quidditative entity, Scotus clearly distinguishes the ultimate reality of individual beings both from individuals and from individuality.