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Translations from Greek into Arabic
The Greek philosophical heritage has been transmitted uninterruptedly from late Antiquity onward in languages other than Greek: first, into Latin...
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Theoretical virtues in eighteenth-century debates on animal cognition
Within eighteenth-century debates on animal cognition we can distinguish at least three main theoretical positions: (i) Buffon’s mechanism, (ii)...
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“Taste and See:” Imagination and Intellect
In order to comprehend how metaphor operates at the level of human understanding, this chapter undertakes an analysis of medieval Jewish engagement...
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The Relation of “Self” and “Others” in the Confucian Traditions and Its Implications to Global Feminisms and Public Philosophies
Under the calls of global feminism and public philosophy, there is the common project of a utopian form of emancipation.
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Argumentum Ontologicum and Argumentum Ornithologicum: Anselm of Canterbury and Jorge Luis Borges
In this paper, the authors attempt to prove there is a relationship between Borges’ “ Argumentum ornithologicum ” and Anselm’s argument “ Argumentum...
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The ‘Chosisme’ of Étienne Gilson and Marie-Dominique Chenu
Francesca Murphy reads Étienne Gilson’s and Marie-Dominique Chenu’s approach to the thought of Thomas Aquinas as a kind of ‘chosisme’, or...
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Economics Purpose of Life
In this chapter, we look at the purpose of life from economics. The theme is that economics as it is practiced is not holistic. A representative...
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Rhythm
This chapter will investigate the relation between rhythm and poetic speech. It begins with the Schopenhauerian question of why we seem to understand...
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Logic in Islam and Islamic Logic
On the relations between logic and religion in the Islamic world, one may refer to logic in two different ways: Accordingly, this chapter...
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The Stumbling Block of Existence in F. H. Jacobi
This essay aims to introduce F. H. Jacobi’s understanding of existence (Dasein). We briefly consider the evolution of this topic from Jacobi’s first...
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Old and New Fallacies in Port-Royal Logic
The paper discusses the place and the status of fallacies in Arnauld and Nicole’s Port - Royal Logic , which seems to be the first book to introduce a...
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Modal Theories and Modal Logic
Early medieval thinkers were acquainted with ancient modal theories through Boethius’ commentaries on De interpretatione, which dealt with...
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The State of Nature in De Cive
This chapter continues the analysis of Hobbes’s state of nature by focussing on De Cive (1647/1651). Its central thesis is that even though De Cive...
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The State of Nature in The Elements
Hobbes specialists have been divided over the question whether Hobbes’s major works on morality, law, and politics—The Elements, De Cive, and...
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Meteorology in Renaissance Science
Meteorology was a central part of natural philosophy during the Renaissance. It largely followed an Aristotelian framework as established in medieval...
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The First Stage of Engineering Activity: Planning and Decision-Making
The first phase of any engineering processStagethe first stage of engineering activity is planning and decision-makingDecisiondecision-making. As a...
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John Duns Scotus
John Duns Scotus (1265/1266–1308) was one of the most important and influential philosopher-theologians of the High Middle Ages. His brilliantly...
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Peter Abelard
The characteristic doctrines of Peter Abelard (1079–1142) can be arranged under the headings of logic, metaphysics, and ethics. Abelard rejects the...
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Theses on the Baroque
“Theses on the BaroqueBaroque” consolidates the previous chapter’s thematic by way of a consideration of the historical difficulty of defining the...
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James of Metz
James of Metz was a Dominican theologian active in the years surrounding 1300. His thought as found in various versions of his mostly unedited...