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Atomism in late medieval philosophy and theology / edited by Christophe Grellard and Aurélien Robert.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: History of science and medicine library ; v. 8. | History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; ; v. 9.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 250 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789047425649
  • 9047425642
  • 9789004172173
  • 9004172173
  • 1282400649
  • 9781282400641
  • 9786612400643
  • 6612400641
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Atomism in late medieval philosophy and theology.DDC classification:
  • 189 22
LOC classification:
  • BD646 .A85 2009eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction / Christophe Grellard & Aurélien Robert -- Beyond Aristotle : indivisibles and infinite divisibility in the later Middle Ages / John E. Murdoch -- Indivisibles and infinites : Rufus on points / Rega Wood -- Richard Kilvington on continuity / Elżbieta Jung & Robert Podkoński -- The importance of atomism in the philosophy of Gerard of Odo (O.F.M.) / Sander W. de Boer -- Nicholas of Autrecour's atomistic physics / Christophe Grellard -- William Crathorn's mereotopological atomism / Aurélien Robert -- An indivisibilist argumentation at Paris around 1335 : Michel of Montecalerio's question on point and the controversy with John Buridan / Jean Celeyrette -- John Wyclif's atomism / Emily Michael -- Blasius of Parma facing atomist assumptions / Joël Biard.
Summary: This book is the result of a collective attempt to give a general survey of the development of atomism and its critics in the late Middle Ages. All the contributors focussed on the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries atomists and anti-atomists, with a thorough examination of some important figures, as Nicholas of Autrecourt or John Wyclif, and lesser known as Gerard of Odo or William Crathorn for example. From those essays on particular authors a new way of understanding the discussions of atomism in late medieval philosophy and theology emerges. This volume demonstrates the existence of stron.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)308274

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and indexes.

Introduction / Christophe Grellard & Aurélien Robert -- Beyond Aristotle : indivisibles and infinite divisibility in the later Middle Ages / John E. Murdoch -- Indivisibles and infinites : Rufus on points / Rega Wood -- Richard Kilvington on continuity / Elżbieta Jung & Robert Podkoński -- The importance of atomism in the philosophy of Gerard of Odo (O.F.M.) / Sander W. de Boer -- Nicholas of Autrecour's atomistic physics / Christophe Grellard -- William Crathorn's mereotopological atomism / Aurélien Robert -- An indivisibilist argumentation at Paris around 1335 : Michel of Montecalerio's question on point and the controversy with John Buridan / Jean Celeyrette -- John Wyclif's atomism / Emily Michael -- Blasius of Parma facing atomist assumptions / Joël Biard.

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This book is the result of a collective attempt to give a general survey of the development of atomism and its critics in the late Middle Ages. All the contributors focussed on the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries atomists and anti-atomists, with a thorough examination of some important figures, as Nicholas of Autrecourt or John Wyclif, and lesser known as Gerard of Odo or William Crathorn for example. From those essays on particular authors a new way of understanding the discussions of atomism in late medieval philosophy and theology emerges. This volume demonstrates the existence of stron.

English.