Nauta, Lodi. In defense of common sense : Lorenzo Valla's humanist critique of scholastic philosophy

Folger bibliographic ID: 222721
Folger call number: B785.V1144 N38 2009
Folger holdings ID: 252785

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-395) and index

Contents

Introduction -- The attack on Aristotelian-scholastic metaphysics -- The analysis of things : substance, quality, and the tree of porphyry -- Thing and word : a critique of transcendental terms -- From a grammatical point of view : the reduction of the categories -- Soul, nature, morality, and God -- Soul and nature : a critique of Aristotelian psychology and natural philosophy -- The virtues and the road to heavenly pleasure -- Speaking about the ineffable : the Trinity -- Toward a humanist dialectic -- Dialectic I : propositions, the square of contraries, proof and argument -- Dialectic II : forms of argumentation -- Conclusion: Valla and "ordinary language philosophy."

Extended title: In defense of common sense : Lorenzo Valla's humanist critique of scholastic philosophy / Lodi Nauta

Valla, Lorenzo, 1407-1457 Humanism Scholasticism

author: Nauta, Lodi
subject: Valla, Lorenzo, 1407-1457