PHIL8850 · Philosophy
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
How and what do we perceive? How does one form concepts? Who is the thinking subject? What do we know? This class will offer the opportunity to examine central issues of medieval philosophy: sense perception, realism versus representationalism, nature of the intellect, abstraction process, semantics and concepts. Through the study of some landmark thinkers, such as Avicenna, Averroes, Aquinas, Scotus, Ockham, we will observe the apparition of the modern conceptions of the cognitive subject and of knowledge.The course is especially designed for giving graduate students a strong and in-depth presentation of an essential moment of the development of medieval thought.
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~5
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Spring 2025
1 sectionFall 2022
1 section