Analogical Concepts
The Fourteenth-Century Background to Cajetan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9686188 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E J Ashworth (University of Waterloo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 399-414 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300012051 |
| OpenAlex | W2148535598 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
In 1498 Cajetan published a short book, On the Analogy of Names , which is often regarded as a masterly summary of Aquinas's doctrine of analogy. It opens in the very first paragraph with an attack on three views of the concept of being ( ens ): first, that it is a disjunction of concepts; second, that it is an ordered group of concepts; and third, that it is a single, separate concept which is unequally participated by substances and accidents. A number of questions immediately spring to mind. Why are concepts being discussed when analogy is said by Cajetan to be a theory of language? What is meant by ‘concept’? Who held the views under attack and why? So far as I can tell, the extensive literature on both Aquinas and Cajetan offers no satisfactory answers to these questions
Analogy · Doctrine · Epistemology · Linguistics · Paragraph · Political science · Theology · Law · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Medieval Literature and History · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2012 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |