Tobias Hoffmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 5124959 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tobias Hoffmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tobias |
| FAMILY NAME | Hoffmann |
| SIGNATURE | HOFFMANN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Catholic University of America |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9756-1992 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Obéissance et raison selon Thomas d’Aquin
Selon Thomas d’Aquin, l’obéissance consiste à suivre les ordres d’un supérieur. La personne obéissante agit donc selon la raison d’un autre. Cet article étudie les fondements et les conditions d’une obéissance raisonnable. Il est montré que, pour Thomas, le caractère raisonnable de l’obéissance se fonde d’un côté sur un ordre objectif entre les personnes qui sont investies d’une autorité légitime et leurs subordonnés. À cet égard, il sera éclairc…
Présentation
Free Will and the Rebel Angels in Medieval Philosophy
In this book Tobias Hoffmann studies the medieval free will debate during its liveliest period, from the 1220s to the 1320s, and clarifies its background in Aristotle, Augustine, and earlier medieval thinkers. Among the wide range of authors he examines are not only well-known thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham, but also a number of authors who were just as important in their time and deserve to be rediscovered to…
Free choice
Intellectualism and voluntarism
The terms 'intellectualism' and 'voluntarism' classify theories of moral psychology and of ethics according to whether primary importance is placed on the intellect or the will in human agency. Though classical and early medieval moral theories have a notion of willing as an act of desire (whether rational or not), they lack a concept of the will as a power of the soul distinct from the intellect and from the sense appetite. Only in the later Mid…
The Pleasure of Life and the Desire for Non-Existence
Aquinas and the Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is the text which had the single greatest influence on Aquinas's ethical writings, and the historical and philosophical value of Aquinas's appropriation of this text provokes lively debate. In this volume of new essays, thirteen distinguished scholars explore how Aquinas receives, expands on and transforms Aristotle's insights about the attainability of happiness, the scope of moral virtue, the foundation of moralit…
Freedom Beyond Practical Reason
Most acts of the will have a complex structure, i.e. wanting A in relation to B (e.g. as a means for an end or as a good for another person or for oneself). Duns Scotus makes the innovative claim that the will itself is responsible for the order of this complex structure. It does this by causing its own will-dependent relations, which he construes as a kind of mind-dependent relations (relationes rationis). By means of these relations, the will c…
The Intellectual Virtues
The article explores Aquinas's account of the individual intellectual virtues, with special focus on prudence. Aquinas argued that the intellectual virtues (apart from prudence) are virtues only in a qualified sense but he considers them superior to the moral virtues. Aquinas examines the virtues in detail in his Secunda Secundae. The only intellectual virtue that receives extensive treatment in the Secunda Secundae is prudence, a cardinal virtue…
The Intellectual Virtues
Conscience and Synderesis
Conscience and Synderesis
Aquinas played a significant role in clarifying the concept of conscience and the theoretical problems connected with it. Aquinas assigned to synderesis principally a cognitive role. He argued that human beings have a fundamental grasp of right and wrong, which is infallible. Aquinas connected synderesis to natural law, identifying the first practical principles, of which synderesis is the habit, with the general principles of natural law. He occ…
A Companion to Angels in Medieval Philosophy
Humanist prejudice famously made medieval angelology the paradigm of ludicrous speculation with its caricature of "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" The truth is quite the opposite: many of medieval philosophy's most original and ingenious contributions actually came to light in discussions of angelology. In fact, angelology provided an ideal context for discussing issues such as the structure of the universe, the metaphysical text…
Weakness of Will from Plato to the Present (Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy, Volume 49)
Intellectualism and voluntarism
The terms ‘intellectualism’ and ‘voluntarism’ classify theories of moral psychology and of ethics according to whether primary importance is placed on the intellect or the will in human agency. Though classical and early medieval moral theories have a notion of willing as an act of desire (whether rational or not), they lack a concept of the will as a power of the soul distinct from the intellect and from the sense appetite. Only in the later Mid…
Walter Chatton on the Connection of the Virtues
Is it possible to enjoy good character in some respects while being deficient in others? For example, can one be temperate or just without being brave? Furthermore, does our moral character affect our ability to make good decisions concerning our lives and is such an ability a prerequisite for developing our character? In other words, are the moral virtues and prudence connected? None of the medieval thinkers deny that such connections exist at s…
Weakness of will from Plato to the present
In thirteen original essays, eminent scholars of the history of philosophy and of contemporary philosophy examine weakness of will, or incontinence - the phenomenon of acting contrary to one's better judgment. The volume covers all major periods of western philosophy, from antiquity through the Middle Ages and the modern period down to the present.Alfred Mele and Alasdair MacIntyre examine weakness of will from a contemporary perspective. Mele ad…
Aquinas and Intellectual Determinism
This paper intends to show that Aquinas gives a non-deterministic account of free decision. Angelic sin is the eminent test case: ex hypothesi , angels are supremely intelligent and not subject to ignorance, passions, or negatively disposing habits. Nothing predetermines their choice; rather it ultimately depends on their freedom alone. All angels acted based upon reasons, but why certain angels acted for an inadequate reason whereas others for a…
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Aquinas and Intellectual Determinism
This paper intends to show that Aquinas gives a non-deterministic account of free decision. Angelic sin is the eminent test case: ex hypothesi , angels are supremely intelligent and not subject to ignorance, passions, or negatively disposing habits. Nothing predetermines their choice; rather it ultimately depends on their freedom alone. All angels acted based upon reasons, but why certain angels acted for an inadequate reason whereas others for a…
Walter Chatton on the Connection of the Virtues
Is it possible to enjoy good character in some respects while being deficient in others? For example, can one be temperate or just without being brave? Furthermore, does our moral character affect our ability to make good decisions concerning our lives and is such an ability a prerequisite for developing our character? In other words, are the moral virtues and prudence connected? None of the medieval thinkers deny that such connections exist at s…
Weakness of will from Plato to the present
In thirteen original essays, eminent scholars of the history of philosophy and of contemporary philosophy examine weakness of will, or incontinence - the phenomenon of acting contrary to one's better judgment. The volume covers all major periods of western philosophy, from antiquity through the Middle Ages and the modern period down to the present.Alfred Mele and Alasdair MacIntyre examine weakness of will from a contemporary perspective. Mele ad…
Intellectualism and voluntarism
The terms ‘intellectualism’ and ‘voluntarism’ classify theories of moral psychology and of ethics according to whether primary importance is placed on the intellect or the will in human agency. Though classical and early medieval moral theories have a notion of willing as an act of desire (whether rational or not), they lack a concept of the will as a power of the soul distinct from the intellect and from the sense appetite. Only in the later Mid…
Weakness of Will from Plato to the Present (Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy, Volume 49)
The Intellectual Virtues
The article explores Aquinas's account of the individual intellectual virtues, with special focus on prudence. Aquinas argued that the intellectual virtues (apart from prudence) are virtues only in a qualified sense but he considers them superior to the moral virtues. Aquinas examines the virtues in detail in his Secunda Secundae. The only intellectual virtue that receives extensive treatment in the Secunda Secundae is prudence, a cardinal virtue…
The Intellectual Virtues
Conscience and Synderesis
Conscience and Synderesis
Aquinas played a significant role in clarifying the concept of conscience and the theoretical problems connected with it. Aquinas assigned to synderesis principally a cognitive role. He argued that human beings have a fundamental grasp of right and wrong, which is infallible. Aquinas connected synderesis to natural law, identifying the first practical principles, of which synderesis is the habit, with the general principles of natural law. He occ…
A Companion to Angels in Medieval Philosophy
Humanist prejudice famously made medieval angelology the paradigm of ludicrous speculation with its caricature of "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" The truth is quite the opposite: many of medieval philosophy's most original and ingenious contributions actually came to light in discussions of angelology. In fact, angelology provided an ideal context for discussing issues such as the structure of the universe, the metaphysical text…
The Pleasure of Life and the Desire for Non-Existence
Aquinas and the Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is the text which had the single greatest influence on Aquinas's ethical writings, and the historical and philosophical value of Aquinas's appropriation of this text provokes lively debate. In this volume of new essays, thirteen distinguished scholars explore how Aquinas receives, expands on and transforms Aristotle's insights about the attainability of happiness, the scope of moral virtue, the foundation of moralit…
Freedom Beyond Practical Reason
Most acts of the will have a complex structure, i.e. wanting A in relation to B (e.g. as a means for an end or as a good for another person or for oneself). Duns Scotus makes the innovative claim that the will itself is responsible for the order of this complex structure. It does this by causing its own will-dependent relations, which he construes as a kind of mind-dependent relations (relationes rationis). By means of these relations, the will c…
Intellectualism and voluntarism
The terms 'intellectualism' and 'voluntarism' classify theories of moral psychology and of ethics according to whether primary importance is placed on the intellect or the will in human agency. Though classical and early medieval moral theories have a notion of willing as an act of desire (whether rational or not), they lack a concept of the will as a power of the soul distinct from the intellect and from the sense appetite. Only in the later Mid…
Free choice
Free Will and the Rebel Angels in Medieval Philosophy
In this book Tobias Hoffmann studies the medieval free will debate during its liveliest period, from the 1220s to the 1320s, and clarifies its background in Aristotle, Augustine, and earlier medieval thinkers. Among the wide range of authors he examines are not only well-known thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham, but also a number of authors who were just as important in their time and deserve to be rediscovered to…
Obéissance et raison selon Thomas d’Aquin
Selon Thomas d’Aquin, l’obéissance consiste à suivre les ordres d’un supérieur. La personne obéissante agit donc selon la raison d’un autre. Cet article étudie les fondements et les conditions d’une obéissance raisonnable. Il est montré que, pour Thomas, le caractère raisonnable de l’obéissance se fonde d’un côté sur un ordre objectif entre les personnes qui sont investies d’une autorité légitime et leurs subordonnés. À cet égard, il sera éclairc…
Présentation
Philosophy (15 works) · Epistemology (13 works) · Medieval Philosophy and Theology (13 works) · Theology and Philosophy of Evil (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (4 works) · Virtue (4 works)