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A mediaevalist trying to be a philosopher and a philosopher trying to be a mediaevalist write about theology, philosophy, scholarship, books, the middle ages, and especially the life, times, and thought of the Doctor Subtilis, the Blessed John Duns Scotus.

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Conference on Scotism and Platonism, May 2023

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Announcing a conference on the interrelations between Scotism and Platonism, Bonn 2023. I hope to see you there! note that you can also atte...
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Goff on a variety of topics

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 here is an old but good video of Dr. Jared Goff discussing Scotism and Palamism.
Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Festum Scoti, 2022

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 Hello, and happy feast! A day late, yes. Here is the collect: Domine Deus, fons omnis sapientiae, qui Beatum Ioannem presbyterum, Immaculat...
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Saturday, August 20, 2022

Alistair McGrath on Natural Theology

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 The contemporary theologian Alistair McGrath has written an entry on natural theology for the new resource "St. Andrews Encyclopedia ...
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Saturday, August 13, 2022

News

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 Hi all, been busy this year, sorry. But here is some recent news of interest to the Scotist community. Tobias Hoffmann has updated his Bibl...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Natural Theology

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 A new special issue of the journal   RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA  has come out, an issue devoted to the topic of natural theology. He...
Monday, December 27, 2021

Scotist News

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 Hello dear readers, here are a few items worthy of note that have recently appeared. 1. A digital edition of the debate between Duns Scotus...
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Monday, November 29, 2021

More on Scotus' Birthplace

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 So back on the theme of where Scotus was born, namely, was he Irish (Scotus, Hibernicus), or Scottish (Scotus). While it is commonly held t...
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Monday, November 8, 2021

Festum Scoti

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 Happy Feast everyone!
Sunday, September 26, 2021

Francis of Meyronnes early defense of the univocity of being

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Francis of Meyronnes is probably the most influential and important Scotist of the fourteenth century. His many works survive in hundreds of...
Thursday, July 29, 2021

The Poetics of the Equivocity of Being

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 Here are some poetical remarks on the equivocity of being by William Desmond. Enjoy! Desmond, Being and the Between , 87 The war of philoso...
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

William Desmond, Being and the Between

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 The title above is a book I have been reading lately. usually I will be excited for a month with a new acquisition and then the taedium set...
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Saturday, June 19, 2021

Byzantine Univocity

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 I recently came across an essay on univocity among the Byzantine theologians that might be of interest to our readers. Essay is here . John...
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Sunday, June 6, 2021

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  Here is a recent post about Scotus, with many interesting reflections and reminiscences of the particular writers experiences in grad scho...
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Thursday, January 7, 2021

Was Scotus Irish?

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Recently I was sent a discussion about the national origins of Duns Scotus. It is here . There was a big controversy about this among the 17...
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