Course syllabus
Ancient and Medieval Problems (AMP060)
The introduction to the third semester of the programme (and both AMP060 and AMP070) will take place August 30th at 13:15 on Zoom.
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Schedule
Please note the schedule is preliminary until two weeks before the semester starts.
Course Syllabus
The syllabus for the course can be found here: Syllabus AMP060
Literature
Duns Scotus's Commentary on Metaphysics Z
Throughout the course, we will read quaestio 13 of John Duns Scotus' commentary on Book VII of Aristotle's Metaphysics.
The Latin text can be downloaded here.
English translation can be downloaded here.
We will occasionally turn to Aristotle's text to confront Scotus' reading with contemporary discussions:
The Greek text can be downloaded here.
An English translation can be downloaded here.
The following literature will also be used during our discussions:
R. Andrews, "Haecceity in the Metaphysics of John Duns Scotus", Archa Verbi, Subs. 5 (2010), 151-161
R. Cross, "Divisibility, Communicability, and Predicability in Duns Scotus's Theories of the Common Nature", Medieval Philosophy and Theology 11 (2003), 43-63.
G. Deleuze, Difference and Repetition (esp. ch. 1 "Difference in itself"), London 2004, 28-69.
G. Galluzzo, The Medieval Reception of Book Zeta of Aristotle's Metaphysics, Leiden-Boston 2013 (Introduction can be read here).
J. J. E. Gracia, "Individuality and the Individuating Entity in Scotus's Ordinatio: An Ontological Characterisation", in L. Honnefelder, R. Wood, M. Dreyer (eds.), John Duns Scotus: Metaphysics and Ethics, Leiden-New York-Köln 1996, 229-249.
T. Kobusch, “Das Seiende als Transzendentales oder Supertranszendentalen Begriff. Deutungen der Univozität des Begriffs bei Scotus und den Scotisten”, in L. Honnefelder, R. Wood, M. Dreyer, John Duns Scotus. Metaphysics and Ethics, Leiden 2016, pp. 345-366
G. Pini, "The Quaestions on the Metaphysics by John Duns Scotus: A Vindication of Pure Intellect", in F. Amerini, G. Galluzzo (eds.), A Companion to the Latin Medieval Commentaries on Aristotle's Metaphysics, Leiden-Boston 2014, 359-384.
G.A. Wilson, “The presence of Henry of Ghent in Scotus’s Quaestiones super Libros Metaphysicorum”, in L. Honnefelder, R. Wood, M. Dreyer, John Duns Scotus. Metaphysics and Ethics, Leiden 2016, pp. 107-124
Contact information
Programme coordinator: Christina Thomsen Thörnqvist (christina.thornqvist@gu.se)
Student office: Hektor Löfgren (hektor.lofgren@gu.se)
Student information
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