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Les deux langages de la pensée: À propos de quelques réflexions médiévaLesIn J. Biard (ed.), Le langage mental du Moyen Âge à l'Âge Classique, Peeters Publishers. pp. 145. 2009.
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20Bruno Gnassounou et Max Kistler, Causes, pouvoirs, dispositions en philosophie. Le retour des vertus dormitives, Paris, Éditions de la rue d'Ulm et Presses Universitaires de France, 2005, 192 pp.Bruno Gnassounou et Max Kistler, Causes, pouvoirs, dispositions en philosophie. Le retour des vertus dormitives, Paris, Éditions de la rue d'Ulm et Presses Universitaires de France, 2005, 192 pp (review)Philosophiques 34 (1): 215-216. 2007.
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1263Epicure et les épicuriens au Moyen ÂgeMicrologus 3-46. 2013.Contrary to what is generally said about the reception of Epicurus in the Middle Ages, many medieval authors agreed on his great wisdom, even if he made some philosophical and theological errors. From the 12th century to the 14th century on can find several "Lives of Epicurus" in which the best sayings of Epicurus are gathered from ancient sources (Seneca, Cicero, Lactantius, etc.). In this paper, we follow these quite unknown sources about Epicureanism in the Middle Ages. We try to show that if…Read more
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15Scepticisme ou renoncement au dogme?Chôra 6 251-288. 2008.It is well known that during the Middle Ages the Eucharist was not only a theological question but also a philosophical one. Recent studies have shown the semantical and ontological problems concerning the status of substances and accidents after the transsubstantiation. Here the paper focuses on the gnoseological problem of the Eucharist. How do we know that the substance has changed after the consecration of the host? Moreover, how do we manage to know substances in general if sometimes it cha…Read more
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42Atomism in late medieval philosophy and theology (edited book)Brill. 2009.DMet 10: Prime matter is the origin of all quantities. Hence it is the origin of every dimension of continuous quantity whatever. ...
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26L'universalité réduite au discours. Sur quelques théories franciscaines de l'abstraction à la fin du XIIIe siècleDocumenti E Studi Sulla Tradizione Filosofica Medievale 18 363-393. 2007.La querelle sugli universali si presenta come un dibattito prevalentemente ontologico che rimette in gioco l'idea stessa di sostanza ed è un realismo ontologico che non mette per forza in discussione ogni cosa, ma contempla tutta la realtà delle specie e dei generi naturali della sostanza. Gli uomini sono legati tra di loro per convenientia e questo come una semplice similitudine essenziale tra di loro e le loro essenze individuali, secondo la linea espressa da Giovanni di Pietro Olivi , Riccard…Read more
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18Dino del Garbo et le pouvoir de l’imagination sur le corpsArchives d'Histoire Doctrinale et Littéraire du Moyen Âge 1 (1): 139-195. 2015.Dino del Garbo, médecin actif dans les premières décennies du xiv e siècle, est surtout connu pour son commentaire au poème de Guido Cavalcanti Donna me prega. La présente étude propose l’édition d’une question quodlibétique sur la capacité de l’imagination à altérer le corps, disputée à Bologne ou Sienne dans les années 1320. Nous examinons le contexte médical et philosophique dans lequel s’inscrit cette question, en montrant notamment comment le débat s’est progressivement cristallisé autour d…Read more
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343L'idée de logique morale aux XIIIe et XIVe sièclesMédiévales 63 27-45. 2012.This paper tries to understand how three medieval philosophers (Roger Bacon, Albert the Great and John Buridan) developed the idea of a special logic for ethics, taking into account Aristotle's thesis according to which ethics does not need theoretical syllogisms and uses a special kind of scientific reasoning. If rhetoric is a good candidate, we find three different readings of this approach and then three different theories of ethical reasoning.
Areas of Specialization
Epistemology |
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy |
General Philosophy of Science |