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Date: 2006-11-09 09:38 pm (UTC)
We're doing a pretty broad overview of medieval philosophy; we did some Muslim and Jewish philosophy as well as Christian. this is the book we're using. So far we've read Augustine, Scotus Eriugena, Abelard, Avicenna, Averroes, Maimonides, Bonaventure, and Aquinas. Still to go: Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, and Nocholas of Autrecourt. We've read pretty small selections from each; we'd probably have time for more (either more from each figure or a more detailed survey including more thinkers) if it wasn't so geared toward undergrads. But, it is, so lectures are more explication of the reading than anything else. *sigh*.

Topicwise, we're doing issues of faith & reason, existence/nature of god, free will, the problem of universals, and the nature of the intellect. Not so much with language and logic, which is the stuff I'm interested in, so that is one of the reasons I'm dissatisfied with the class (see also: lectures). At least now I have a starting point and an anthology of texts. Plus my Cambridge Companion to Medieval Philosophy, though that was not required or even optional for the class.
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