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Perfect Subjects, Shields, and Retractions: Three Models of ImpassibilityVivarium 59 (1-2): 79-101. 2021.According to theological consensus at least from the thirteenth century, at the End of Times our body will be resurrected and reunited with our soul. The resurrected body, although numerically identical to our present one, will be quite different: it will possess clarity, agility, subtility, and the inability to suffer. It is the last of these characteristics that will be of most concern in the present article. There are two reasons why impassibility presents a problem in the medieval framework.…Read more
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Complexity without CompositionAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 93 (4): 611-631. 2019.John Duns Scotus recognizes complexity in God both at the level of God’s being and at the level of God’s attributes. Using the formal distinction and the notion of “unitive containment,” he argues for real plurality in God, but in a way that permits him to affirm the doctrine of divine simplicity. We argue that his allegiance to the doctrine of divine simplicity is purely verbal, that he flatly denies traditional aspects of the doctrine as he had received it from Augustine, Anselm, and Aquinas, …Read more
Joshua Blander
The King's College
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The King's CollegePolitics, Philosophy, and EconomicsAssociate Professor
Areas of Specialization
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy |
Metaphysics |