Truth and Certainty in Peter Auriol
This paper investigates the nature of truth and certainty according to the French Franciscan theologian Peter Auriol (1280-1322). In the first section, I attempt to harmonize a few different sections of Auriol’s Scriptum on book i of the Sentences: the accounts of truth as conformity in question 2 o...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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| In: |
Vivarium
Anno: 2015, Volume: 53, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 45-64 |
| Notazioni IxTheo: | KAF Tardo Medioevo VB Ermeneutica; Filosofia |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Peter Auriol
truth
certitude
certainty
medieval epistemology
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| Riepilogo: | This paper investigates the nature of truth and certainty according to the French Franciscan theologian Peter Auriol (1280-1322). In the first section, I attempt to harmonize a few different sections of Auriol’s Scriptum on book i of the Sentences: the accounts of truth as conformity in question 2 of the Prologue and question 10 of distinction 2, and the account of truth as quiddity in question 3 of distinction 19. In the second section, I explore the notion of certainty in question 1 of the Prologue. Here, Auriol’s taxonomy of propositions is explained, and the difference between scientific certainty and the certitude of faith is outlined. God works in the background in the context of both truth and certainty, and the fact that our cognitive processes are generally trustworthy makes Auriol’s epistemological position into a species of reliabilism. |
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| Descrizione fisica: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1568-5349 |
| Comprende: | In: Vivarium
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685349-12341290 |
