Forester, bricoleur and country bumpkin: rethinking knowledge and habit in Aquinas's ethics

The ways that Thomism has historically thought about knowledge and habit in Thomas Aquinas's ethics have become increasingly destabilised. This article briefly documents this destabilisation before considering three images that have emerged in recent engagements with the ethics of Aquinas on mo...

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Main Author: Hovey, Craig (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2006
In: Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2006, Volume: 59, Issue: 2, Pages: 159-174
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