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Animal Rationality: Later Medieval Theories 1250-1350

Animal Rationality: Later Medieval Theories 1250-1350

Oelze, Anselm

Hardcover

PhilosophyMedieval & Renaissance History

ISBN10: 9004363629
ISBN13: 9789004363625
Publisher: Brill
Published: Mar 22 2018
Pages: 270
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
In Animal Rationality: Later Medieval Theories 1250-1350, Anselm Oelze offers the first comprehensive and systematic exploration of theories of animal rationality in the later Middle Ages. Traditionally, it was held that medieval thinkers ascribed rationality to humans while denying it to nonhuman animals. As Oelze shows, this narrative fails to capture the depth and diversity of the medieval debate. Although many thinkers, from Albert the Great to John Buridan, did indeed hold that nonhuman animals lack rational faculties, some granted them the ability to engage in certain rational processes such as judging, reasoning, or employing prudence. There is thus a whole spectrum of positions to be discovered, many of which show interesting parallels with contemporary theories of animal rationality.

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