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The physics of Duns Scotus : the scientific context of a theological vision / Richard Cross.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1998.Description: xv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0198269749
  • 9780198269748
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 113.092 C951P 21
LOC classification:
  • B765.D74 C76 1998
Contents:
1. Introduction: Physics and Duns Scotus -- 2. Prime Matter -- 3. Substantial Form -- 4. The Plurality of Forms -- 5. Composite Substance -- 6. Accidents and Accidental Unity -- 7. Quantity and Continuity -- 8. The Metaphysics of Continuity -- 9. Quantity: Change and Mass -- 10. Quality: Unity, Degree, and Change -- 11. Place and Space -- 12. Motion, Time, and Continuity -- 13. The Reality of Time -- App. The Metaphysics of Generation and Corruption.
Summary: This text contains detailed discussion and analysis of Dun Scotus's accounts of the nature of matter and the structure of material substance. His views on these matters are sophisticated and highly original.
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 113.092 C951P (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 065201

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277) and indexes.

1. Introduction: Physics and Duns Scotus -- 2. Prime Matter -- 3. Substantial Form -- 4. The Plurality of Forms -- 5. Composite Substance -- 6. Accidents and Accidental Unity -- 7. Quantity and Continuity -- 8. The Metaphysics of Continuity -- 9. Quantity: Change and Mass -- 10. Quality: Unity, Degree, and Change -- 11. Place and Space -- 12. Motion, Time, and Continuity -- 13. The Reality of Time -- App. The Metaphysics of Generation and Corruption.

This text contains detailed discussion and analysis of Dun Scotus's accounts of the nature of matter and the structure of material substance. His views on these matters are sophisticated and highly original.

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