An Aristocratic Compatibilist's Providence

Components of Aquinas's Soft Determinist View
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-54969-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 211, 508 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 885 g

Reihe: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions

This monograph discusses different philosophical and theological components of Aquinas’s view regarding the relation between human agency and divine providence. Against many contemporary scholars it argues that this view includes a plausible form of strong compatibilism whose philosophical premises are largely independent of Aquinas’s theological positions. Its original contributions to the understanding of Aquinas’s thought include an extensive analysis of Aquinas’s complex conception of modalities, his multileveled understanding of freedom, and his aristocratic perception of values.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dvorský, Petr

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Mittelalterliche & Scholastische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Petr Dvorský, Ph.D. (1985), is assistant professor of philosophy at Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic, and Post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of Czech Academy of Sciences. He works in the fields of scholastic philosophy and theology.