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Book SynopsisThe studies gathered in this volume pay homage to the spirit of Scholasticism. They address key issues in that tradition - some from an historical point of view, others from a more substantive standpoint. The essays are written in the conviction that there is much to be learned from the schoolmen even when one fails to agree with their positions.
Trade ReviewRescher's knowledge of the history of philosophy—especially the medieval and modern eras—is impressive. Drawing upon Aquinas and other great scholastics, he is able to formulate questions and propose solutions to contemporary metaphysics and epistemology that are informed by the great medieval scholastics in a way that critically employs these authors without slavishly following them wherever they lead."" — Craig A. Boyd,
Review of Metaphysics""Rescher's scholastically inspired meditations are intended to mediate between typical scholastic concerns and contemporary philosophical issues. . . . [T]his collection provides a good model of how the contributions of the early scholastics can be brought to bear on contemporary philosophy, making this book as intellectually provocative to analytic philosophers as to neoscholastics. . . . The result is a volume that manifests the ways in which the career of this productive late-twentieth-century philosopher itself mediates between scholasticism and contemporary thought. The reader will indeed find here the fruit of both the respectful study of the tradition as well as critical philosophical analysis."" — Michael Tkacz,
Philosophy in Review
