Spheres of Philosophical Inquiry and the Historiography of Medieval Philosophy

Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-90-04-10843-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 81, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 744 g

Reihe: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History

Recent writers in the historiography of philosophy have placed into question the paradigms that structure our historical writing. This volume continues this discussion with particular reference to medieval philosophy.
Inglis shows that the modern historiography of medieval philosophy had its origins in certain nineteenth-century German reactions to Kantian idealism. He uncovers the philosophical, political, and theological origins of how we have come to interpret medieval philosophy according to the standard spheres of philosophy. By keeping such historiography in mind and paying attention to the context in which the medieval actually wrote, Inglis raises serious questions concerning the accuracy of the dominant model and proposes an historically sensitive alternative.
The genealogy will interest medievalists and intellectual historians, the alternative model will interest historians of medieval philosophy, and theology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Inglis, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie

Über Autor(innen)

John Inglis, M.A. (1989) in Philosophy, University of Houston and Ph.D. (1993) in Philosophy, University of Kentucky, is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dayton. He publishes on medieval thought with a focus on Dominican intellectual history.