02346nam 22005774a 450 991095764800332120251117074459.00-8132-1645-1(CKB)2440000000013981(EBL)3134718(OCoLC)922996370(SSID)ssj0000377900(PQKBManifestationID)11271366(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000377900(PQKBWorkID)10351123(PQKB)10021192(OCoLC)646786264(MdBmJHUP)muse24251(Au-PeEL)EBL3134718(CaPaEBR)ebr10267243(MiAaPQ)EBC3134718(EXLCZ)99244000000001398120040624d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrScholastic meditations /Nicholas Rescher1st ed.Washington, D.C. Catholic University of America Press20051 online resource (182 p.)Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ;v. 44Description based upon print version of record.0-8132-1410-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ;v. 44.ScholasticismScholasticism.100 s189/.4Rescher Nicholas50144MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957648003321Scholastic meditations4458282UNINA