More Aristotelian than Aristotle. Duns Scotus on Cognizing Singulars
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
More Aristotelian than Aristotle. Duns Scotus on Cognizing Singulars
Original language description
At least from Plato and Aristotle onward the common wisdom of the entire philosophical tradition, hardly ever questioned, was that while universals are grasped by the intellect, individuals are perceived by the senses. Even in the "moderately realistic" Aristotelian-scholastic setting (perhaps best represented by Aquinas) where universals are situated "in rebus", this axiom naturally generated the idea of two separated realms of objects of cognition - individuals and universals - whose ontological status, mutual relations, etc. would, in turn, be philosophically investigated. In my reading, Scotus does not share this common preconception at all; rather, he takes the position that ultimately there is only one single realm of cognized objects - the individuals or particulars. Thus, although it may be argued that his theory of cognition does not represent any radical departure from the moderate-realistic, Avicenna inspired paradigm of the 13th century, but rather a specific elaboration of it, a closer look reveals that Scotus takes an entirely new perspective on the problem and reinterprets the old approaches from a new standpoint. And yet, this new perspective can at the same time be understood as being merely a consistent completion of the anti-Parmenidean and anti-Platonic movement in philosophy initiated by Aristotle namely that of epistemic rehabilitation of the world of ordinary particular things. Scotus's epistemic thought can thus be described as simultaneously consistently traditional and revolutionary.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Filosofický časopis
ISSN
0015-1831
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Volume of the periodical
65
Issue of the periodical within the volume
Special issue 2
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
22
Pages from-to
79-100
UT code for WoS article
000428095900005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85042752896