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28William of Ockham and the Unlikely Connection between Transubstantiation and Free WillProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 81 123-132. 2007.William of Ockham was tried for heresy due to his assertion that certain qualities can exist independently of substances. Scholars have assumed he made thisstrange assertion in order to account for the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation. I argue, however, that the assertion was philosophically rather than theologically motivated. Ockham develops a nominalist substance ontology, according to which most changes can be explained as the result of local motion. Knowledge and virtue are changes i…Read more
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14Medieval philosophy: a beginner's guideOneworld. 2008.In this fast-paced, enlightening guide, Sharon M. Kaye takes us on a whistle-stop tour of medieval philosophy, revealing its astounding legacy to the discipline today.
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John Carroll UniversityRegular Faculty
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University of Toronto, St. George Campus
PhD, 1997
University Heights, Ohio, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
History of Western Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
History of Western Philosophy |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |