The Edinburgh Critical History of Middle Ages and Renaissance Philosophy (The Edinburgh Critical History of Philosophy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1474450806 ISBN 13: 9781474450805

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Written by a team of leading international scholars, this crucial period of philosophy is examined from the novel perspective of themes and lines of thought which cut across authors, disciplines and national boundaries. This fresh approach will open up new ways for specialists and students to conceptualise the history of medieval and Renaissance thought within philosophy, politics, religious studies and literature. The essays cover concepts and topics that have become central in the continental tradition. They also bring major philosophers – Thomas Aquinas, Averroes, Maimonides and Duns Scotus – into conversation with those not usually considered canonical – Nicholas of Cusa, Marsilius of Padua, Gersonides and Moses Almosnino. Medieval and Renaissance thought is approached with contemporary continental philosophy in view, highlighting the continued richness and relevance of the work from this period.

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About the Authors

Andrew LaZella is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Scranton. He is the author of The Singular Voice of Being: John Duns Scotus, Ultimate Difference and the Univocity of Being (Fordham University Press, 2019). He is co-editor of The Edinburgh Critical History of Middle Ages and Renaissance Philosophy (EUP, 2020). He is co-series editor of the EUP Cycles series.

Richard A. Lee, Jr. is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University, Chicago. He is the author of The Thought of Matter: Materialism, Conceptuality and the Transcendence of Immanence (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), The Force of Reason and the Logic of Force (Palgrave, 2002) and Science, the Singular and the Question of Theology (Palgrave, 2002).

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Critical essays on topics and figures central to medieval and Renaissance thoughtWritten by a team of leading international scholars, this crucial period of philosophy is examined from the novel perspective of themes and lines of thought which cut across authors, disciplines and national boundaries. This fresh approach will open up new ways for specialists and students to conceptualise the history of medieval and Renaissance thought within philosophy, politics, religious studies and literature.The essays cover concepts and topics that have become central in the continental tradition. They also bring major philosophers – Thomas Aquinas, Averroes, Maimonides, Duns Scotus – into conversation with those not usually considered canonical – Nicholas of Cusa, Marsilius of Padua, Gersonides or Moses Almosnino. Medieval and Renaissance thought is approached with contemporary continental philosophy in view, highlighting the continued richness and relevance of the work from this period.Key features:•Essays are organised around topics, concepts or problems distinctive to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance•Attention is given to the relations between canonical philosophers as well as those not usually treated in standard histories•Challenges the traditional periodisation of philosophy, showing that the thought of these periods is understood in new ways when they are treated as one•Offers a dialogue between philosophers of different periods.Andrew LaZella is Associate Professor of Philosophy at The University of Scranton.Richard A. Lee, Jr. is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University, Chicago.

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474450806
• ISBN 13: 9781474450805
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: LaZella Professor Andrew, Jr. Richard A. Lee