Atomism in late medieval philosophy and theology

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

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,...

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Other Authors: Grellard, Christophe, Robert, Aurélien
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:History of science and medicine library ; v. 8.
History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 9.
Subjects:
Atomism.
Philosophy, Medieval.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Medieval.
Atomism
Philosophy, Medieval
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Table of 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.

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