Dictionary definition: Scotus, Duns

Encyclopedia entry: Scotus, John Duns
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature;      245 words ...Scotus, John Duns, see Duns Scotus .

Article: John Duns Scotus
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...John Duns Scotus The Scottish philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus (c. 1265-1308) contributed to the ... sought it. In each of these developments Duns Scotus made an important contribution. His ...

Article: Duns Scotus, John
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography;      700+ words ...Duns Scotus, John ( b . Roxburghshire, Scotland ... Little is known of the life of John Duns Scotus, who was among the outstanding thinkers ... teaching in the Franciscan house there. Duns Scotus ’ premature death together with ...

Article: Duns Scotus.
The Review of Metaphysics;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...CROSS, Richard. Duns Scotus. Volume I in the series Great Medieval Thinkers, Brian Davies ... and general readers with a guided tour to the theology of John Duns Scotus. Written in a direct and concise style, the volume allows readers ...

Article: Williams, Thomas, editor. The Cambridge Companion to Duns ...
The Review of Metaphysics;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... editor. The Cambridge Companion to Duns Scotus. Cambridge: Cambridge University ... James Ross and Todd Bates on "Duns Scotus on Natural Theology" and William Mann's lively discussion of "Duns Scotus on Natural and Supernatural Theology ...

Article: Johannes Duns Scotus.
The Review of Metaphysics;  December 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... Antonie Vos Jaczn surveys John Duns Scotus's theological thought, with an ... those moments in which Thomas and Scotus deduced differently in the face ... past work on the thought of John Duns Scotus, in particular, on Scotus's ...

Article: Duns Scotus, Metaphysician.
The Review of Metaphysics;  December 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... himself. The third chapter presents Scotus's texts on how we acquire the concepts ... the knowledge of God. Here we have Scotus's theory of knowledge and defense ... Their Function in the Metaphysics of Duns Scotus are probably the best introductions ...