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Reception and Modification of Aristotelism in Some Areas Concerned in John Duns Scotus

(Original title: Recepcia a modifikácia aristotelizmu vo vybraných aspektoch myslenia Jána Dunsa Scota)
Filozofia, 64 (2009), 1, 9-17.
Type of work: Papers
Publication language: Slovak
Abstract

The paper deals with the reception and modifications of aristotelism in the epistemology, metaphysics and theology of John Duns Scotus. As a consequence of these modifications Scotus became the founder of a new philosophical-theological vocabulary. In the first part of the contribution the history of aristotelism in the Hellenic period is outlined; the second part examines two lines of aristotelism: that developed in the Latin European West on one hand and that of the Greek-Arabic East on the other hand. The reception and modification of aristotelism in the considerations of J. D. Scotus is examined in more detail on the historical-philosophical background in the third part: rational intuition, ontological conception of metaphysics as scientia transcendens, theology as a practical science. In conclusion the author shows how Scotus’s modification of aristotelism influenced the rise of modern science.

Keywords

John Duns Scotus, Aristotelism, Intuitive knowledge, Metaphysics as scientia transcendens, Theology as a practical science

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