| Title: | Medieval Philosophy |
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| Course Section Number: | PHI-249-01 |
| Department: | Philosophy |
| Description: | PHI 249-01: Topics in History of Philosophy: Medieval Philosophy. Medieval philosophers drew on ancient philosophical arguments to systematize and offer rational support for the Abrahamic religions of Judiasm, Christianity and Islam. Drawing mainly on Aristotle and Plato and their followers, medieval philosophers apply ancient thinking to religious texts to transform both. This course will examine the central debates of medieval philosophy by contextualizing them in the religious commitments and conflicts that motivated the debates. For example, Christian thinkers were asked to explain how the Eucharistic bread on the altar could become the body of Christ during the consecration if the Body of Christ had ascended to heaven and two bodies cannot be in the same place at once. To answer this question, philosophers like Aquinas, Giles of Rome, Duns Scotus and Ockham argue over what changes - is it the substance, the accidents, or the place of the bread? Similarly, arguments about the immortality of the soul become for medieval philosophers questions about the existence of universals and the causes of individuation of particular substances. This course will examine these and similar questions with an eye to how the debates were motivated by religious concerns. Throughout the course, we will consider the relationship between reason and faith in coming to understand the world on the one hand with those who thought reason alone was sufficient for knowledge and all across the spectrum to those who thought that without faith no one could fully understand the world. Students interested in philosophy or religion should take this course. One Course Credit; No Prerequisites |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 14, 2019 |
| End Date: | May 4, 2019 |
| Meeting Information: |
01/14/2019-05/03/2019 Lecture Monday, Wednesday, Friday 03:10PM - 04:00PM, Center Hall, Room 300
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| Faculty: | Trott, Adriel |
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