Free Will and the Rebel Angels in Medieval Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9781316608838 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 306 str.

Washington DC) H Tobias (The Catholic University of America

Opis

This book studies medieval theories of free will, including explanations of how angels – that is, ideal agents – can choose evil.

Recenzje

'The book will be useful to many medievalists … namely the richness of the exposed content which makes this book a tool for better understanding the relationship between intellect and will, as well as the theory of free choice in many medieval thinkers.' Joel Biard, Archives de philosophie

Spis treści

Part I. Free Will: 1. Free will with and without Aristotle; 2. The psychological turn and the rise of intellectualism; 3. Voluntarism and the condemnation of intellectualism; 4. Intermediary theories and strict intellectualism; 5. Refinements and radicalizations; Part II. Whence Evil?: 6. Does evil have a cause?; 7. The will as the cause of evil; Part III. Angelic Sin: 8. Intellectualist accounts of the angelic fall; 9. Voluntarist and intermediary accounts of the angelic fall; 10. Necessary (and free?) obstinacy.