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ZÁKLADNÉ ZNAKY METAFYZIKY PODĽA JÁNA DUNSA SCOTA
THE BASIC FEATURES OF METAPHYSICS ACCORDING TO JOHN DUNS SCOTUS

Author(s): Michal Chabada
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: Duns Scotus; metaphysics; univocal concept of being; natural knowing of God

Summary/Abstract: Scotus describes his conception of metaphysics as the transcendental science which subject is the trans-categorial concept of being together with other necessary attributes. This subject makes the philosophical knowing of God possible and constitutes the foundation for Scotus’s metaphysics. The univocal concept of being in his modal explication is top of Scotus’s metaphysics and also the bridge between natural and supernatural knowing of God.

  • Issue Year: IX/2007
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 1-13
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Slovak