Eine versteckte Endlichkeitsannahme in Thomas' "tertia via"
It is well known that Thomas Aquinas uses a regress exclusion principle – and hence a finiteness assumption – to reach the conclusion of the second part of his tertia via (that there is something having of itself its own necessity). In this paper, in contrast, the first part of the tertia via is log...
| Subtitles: | Denken im Dialog mit der Geschichte: Gerhard Leibold zum 70. Geburtstag |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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2015
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Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie
Year: 2015, Volume: 137, Issue: 1, Pages: 104-116 |
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| Summary: | It is well known that Thomas Aquinas uses a regress exclusion principle – and hence a finiteness assumption – to reach the conclusion of the second part of his tertia via (that there is something having of itself its own necessity). In this paper, in contrast, the first part of the tertia via is logically reconstructed (that there exists something necessary). The resulting derivation has a gap that can arguably be closed by another finiteness assumption. Hence, in some sense, a hidden finiteness assumption is uncovered. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie
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