Conscience As Cognition
Subtitle: Phenomenological Complementing of Aquinas's Theory of Conscience
Publisher: Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9783631627013
Subjects: Conscience; Thomas, aquinas, saint, 1225?-1274
Description: "This study analyzes conscience as a specific cognition, as an axiological consciousness of a human act. The doctrine of Thomas Aquinas plays an important role here: He assumes conscience to be a cognition; his concept of conscience is quite significant and had great influence on philosophical thinking. Nevertheless, this doctrine on conscience is not satisfying enough from the viewpoint of epistemology and, therefore, it requires a complement. Such a complement is found in phenomenological analyses, especially in the concerning consciousness. Underlying the main problem of the study--which is conscience as cognition--is the question of enriching Thomism with phenomenology." - back cover