Contingency and Freedom: Lectura I 39: 42 - Rilegato

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This study provides an English translation of "Lectura" I 39, a key text of the medieval theologian and philosopher John Duns Scotus (1266-1308), together with an introduction and a commentary. In the history of thought, Scotus is the first scholar to develop a consistent analysis of the basic Christian notions of "contingency" and "freedom". This analysis can be found in his important early work, "Lectura" I 39, in which the question of whether God has knowledge of future contingents is discussed. Reality is contingent, which means that reality in its factual shape could have been otherwise; God does not rule by determinism nor is He ruled by it - nor is man, neither is their relationship. This fundamental insight made Christian thought turn away from the ancient conception that everything is (at bottom) necessary. This text is suitable for graduate students, philosophers and theologians.

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Preface. Introduction. 1. Lectura I 39 of John Duns Scotus: a key text. 2. John Duns Scotus' development. 3. The Lectura, a course on the Sentences in Oxford. 4. The structure of Lectura I 39. 5. The target of Lectura I 39. 6. Scotus' theory of contingency. 7. The theory of synchronic contingency as a key to the Lectura. 8. The logical tools used. 9. On the translation. Lectura I 39 Text, English and Latin [even pages]. Lectura I 39 Commentary [uneven pages]. Bibliography. Index of names. Index of subjects.

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ISBN 10:  9048143675 ISBN 13:  9789048143672
Casa editrice: Springer, 2010
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