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UNINA9910957648003321 |
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Autore |
Rescher Nicholas |
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Titolo |
Scholastic meditations / / Nicholas Rescher |
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Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, 2005 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (182 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; ; v. 44 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Choice without preference : the problem of "Buridan's ass" -- Nicholas of Cusa on the Koran : a fifteenth-century encounter with Islam -- On learned ignorance and the limits of knowledge -- Unanswerable questions and insolubilia -- Omniscience and our understanding of God's knowledge -- Issues of infinite regress -- Being qua being -- Nonexistents then and now -- Thomism : past, present, and future -- Respect for tradition and the Catholic philosopher today. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The studies gathered in this volume seek to do homage to the spirit of Scholasticism. They address key issues in that tradition--some from an historical point of view, others from a more substantive standpoint. |
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