TY - JOUR
T1 - Intuitive Cognition in the Latin Medieval Tradition
AU - Antognazza, Maria Rosa
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© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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I would like to thank Marco Segala, Howard Hotson, and, especially, an anonymous referee for their helpful feedback.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023/2/9
Y1 - 2023/2/9
N2 - This paper explores some key features of Medieval accounts of intuition, focusing on Thomas Aquinas (1224/5–1274), on the one hand, and on Duns Scotus (c. 1266-1308), Peter Auriol (c. 1280–1322), and William Ockham (c. 1287-1347), on the other hand. The first section is devoted to the type of intuitive cognition which is accepted by all these authors, namely, the immediate and direct grasp of some present material object by the senses. It is from this basic sensory intuition–they agree–that human cognition starts. The second section turns to intuitive intellectual cognition and to the much greater disagreements which divide these philosophers. Notwithstanding these important differences, the paper’s conclusion draws attention to the similarities in the conception of intuition which cut across the otherwise significantly different accounts of the authors discussed. I end with an invitation to recover their older way of thinking of intuition.
AB - This paper explores some key features of Medieval accounts of intuition, focusing on Thomas Aquinas (1224/5–1274), on the one hand, and on Duns Scotus (c. 1266-1308), Peter Auriol (c. 1280–1322), and William Ockham (c. 1287-1347), on the other hand. The first section is devoted to the type of intuitive cognition which is accepted by all these authors, namely, the immediate and direct grasp of some present material object by the senses. It is from this basic sensory intuition–they agree–that human cognition starts. The second section turns to intuitive intellectual cognition and to the much greater disagreements which divide these philosophers. Notwithstanding these important differences, the paper’s conclusion draws attention to the similarities in the conception of intuition which cut across the otherwise significantly different accounts of the authors discussed. I end with an invitation to recover their older way of thinking of intuition.
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U2 - 10.1080/09608788.2022.2161467
DO - 10.1080/09608788.2022.2161467
M3 - Article
SN - 0960-8788
VL - 31
SP - 675
EP - 692
JO - British Journal for the History of Philosophy
JF - British Journal for the History of Philosophy
IS - 4
ER -