The Edinburgh Critical History of Middle Ages and Renaissance Philosophy (The Edinburgh Critical History of Philosophy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474450814 ISBN 13: 9781474450812

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2025

Synopsis

Written by a team of leading international scholars, this crucial period of philosophy is examined from the novel perspective of themes and lines of thought which cut across authors, disciplines and national boundaries. This fresh approach will open up new ways for specialists and students to conceptualise the history of medieval and Renaissance thought within philosophy, politics, religious studies and literature. The essays cover concepts and topics that have become central in the continental tradition. They also bring major philosophers – Thomas Aquinas, Averroes, Maimonides and Duns Scotus – into conversation with those not usually considered canonical – Nicholas of Cusa, Marsilius of Padua, Gersonides and Moses Almosnino. Medieval and Renaissance thought is approached with contemporary continental philosophy in view, highlighting the continued richness and relevance of the work from this period.

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About the Authors

Andrew LaZella is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Scranton. He is the author of The Singular Voice of Being: John Duns Scotus, Ultimate Difference and the Univocity of Being (Fordham University Press, 2019). He is co-editor of The Edinburgh Critical History of Middle Ages and Renaissance Philosophy (EUP, 2020). He is co-series editor of the EUP Cycles series.

Richard A. Lee, Jr. is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University, Chicago. He is the author of The Thought of Matter: Materialism, Conceptuality and the Transcendence of Immanence (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), The Force of Reason and the Logic of Force (Palgrave, 2002) and Science, the Singular and the Question of Theology (Palgrave, 2002).

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474450814
• ISBN 13: 9781474450812
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: LaZella Professor Andrew, Jr. Richard A. Lee