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Jan 1, 2020 · Abstract. John Duns Scotus (1265/1266–1308) was one of the most important and influential philosopher-theologians of the High Middle Ages. His brilliantly complex and nuanced thought, which earned him the nickname “the Subtle Doctor,” left a mark on discussions of such disparate topics as the semantics of religious language, the problem ...
Jun 10, 2021 · Introduction. Born in Duns, Scotland, in 1266, Duns Scotus was a Franciscan friar who taught in Oxford and died in 1308. Known as the “Subtle Doctor,” he was influential for Franciscan school of late Medieval philosophy and theology. The Franciscan voluntarist tradition focuses on the will as central to any discussion of human rational freedom.
Allan Bernard Wolter. Blessed John Duns Scotus - Scholasticism, Philosophy, Theology: When the turn came for the English province to provide a talented candidate for the Franciscan chair of theology at the more prestigious University of Paris, Duns Scotus was appointed. One reportatio of his Paris lectures indicates that he began commenting on ...
Duns Scotus, JOHN, surnamed DOCTOR SUBTILIS, d. November 8, 1308; he was the founder and leader of the famous Scotist School, which had its chief representatives among the Franciscans. Of his antecedents and life very little is definitely known, as the contemporary sources are silent about him. It is certain that he died rather young, according ...
Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Blessed John Duns Scotus . Blessed John Duns Scotus, (born 1266, Duns, Lothian, Scot.—died Nov. 8, 1308, Cologne [Germany]; beatified March 20, 1993), Medieval Scottish philosopher and Scholastic theologian. He studied and taught at Oxford, where he joined the Franciscan s, and later ...
Mar 6, 2016 · John Duns Scotus (c. 1266-1308) is one of the great medieval philosophers, but also one of the most difficult. Very few outside the group of scholars that work on medieval philosophy have probably read more than a few passages by him and fewer still have really tried to penetrate the original Latin writings of Scotus.
Welcome to the website of the John Duns Scotus Research Group! The Researchgroup consists of seven theologians who study the work of John Duns Scotus (1266-1308). In our publications, we analyze and explain his work, and try to show its relevance to contemporary theology and philosophy.