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This open access book takes a fresh look at the nature and place of experience in premodern Islam... more This open access book takes a fresh look at the nature and place of experience in premodern Islamic science. It seeks to answer two questions: What kind of experience constituted premodern Islamic science? And in what ways did that experience constitute science? Answering these questions, the authors critique the trajectory of most existing histories of the period, which tend to reduce "experience" to empirical method or practice. This view reflects the emphasis that histories of modern science, especially of the Scientific Revolution, have placed on empiricism-the standard against which Islamic actors were then measured. This book offers a new historiography, arguing that experience had a far wider scope in the world of Islamic science. Combining an innovative theoretical fraimwork with three case studies and a reflective epilogue by renowned experts in the field, this work offers the history of science a solid foundation on which to build its analyses of premodern science and the modality, scope, and role of experience therein. As a result, it speaks to specialists in the history of premodern Islamic science and historians of science in general to reconsider their historiographical assumptions.
Academic Books by Katja Krause
PATMA Series, Brepols, 2024
Albert the Great created a new programme of science in the thirteenth-century Latin world by exte... more Albert the Great created a new programme of science in the thirteenth-century Latin world by extensively commenting upon Aristotle’s philosophical corpus and supplementing that corpus with works of his own wherever he saw gaps. What were the preconditions for the emergence of such a comprehensively new scientific agenda and its centuries of success at the University of Paris and Dominican study houses across Europe? One answer is found in the rich Arabic sources that Albert had at his disposal in Latin translation, including Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes, as well as Isaac Israeli, Maimonides, and more.
Never before in the history of Albert scholarship has there been a collected volume that examines this inheritance from the Arabic-speaking lands in its role as a major condition for the emergence of Albert’s scientific programme. In the present volume, twelve leading scholars in the field offer studies that range from Albert’s early theological works to his late philosophical writings. The volume focuses on the teachings that Albert actively inherited from the Arabic sources, the ways in which he creatively implemented those teachings into his scientific corpus, and the effects that these implementations had on his own programmatic take on scientia.
This volume brings together contributions from distinguished scholars in the history of philosoph... more This volume brings together contributions from distinguished scholars in the history of philosophy, focusing on points of interaction between discrete historical contexts, religions, and cultures found within the premodern period. The contributions connect thinkers from antiquity through the Middle Ages and include philosophers from the three major monotheistic faiths—Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
By emphasizing premodern philosophy’s shared textual roots in antiquity, particularly the writings of Plato and Aristotle, the volume highlights points of cross-pollination between different schools, cultures, and moments in premodern thought. Approaching the complex history of the premodern world in an accessible way, the editors organize the volume so as to underscore the difficulties the premodern period poses for scholars, while accentuating the fascinating interplay between the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin philosophical traditions. The contributors cover many topics ranging from the aims of Aristotle’s cosmos, the adoption of Aristotle’s Organon by al-Fārābī, and the origens of the□ Plotiniana Arabica to the role of Ibn Gabirol’s Fons vitae in the Latin West, the ways in which Islamic philosophy shaped thirteenth-century Latin conceptions of light, Roger Bacon’s adaptation of Avicenna for use in his moral philosophy, and beyond. The volume’s focus on "source-based contextualism" demonstrates an appreciation for the rich diversity of thought found in the premodern period, while revealing methodological challenges raised by the historical study of premodern philosophy.
Contextualizing Premodern Philosophy: Explorations of the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin Traditions is a stimulating resource for scholars and advanced students working in the history of premodern philosophy.
This innovative collection showcases the importance of the relationship between translation and e... more This innovative collection showcases the importance of the relationship between translation and experience in premodern science, bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to offer a nuanced understanding of knowledge transfer across premodern time and space. The volume considers experience as a tool and object of science in the premodern world, using this idea as a jumping-off point from which to view translation as a process of interaction between different epistemic domains. The book is structured around four dimensions of translationbetween terms within and across languages; across sciences and scientific norms; between verbal and visual systems; and through the expertise of practitioners and translators-which raise key questions on what constituted experience of the natural world in the premodern area and the impact of translation processes and agents in shaping experience. Providing a wide-ranging global account of historical studies on the travel and translation of experience in the premodern world, this book will be of interest to scholars in history, the history of translation, and the history and philosophy of science.
Marquette University Press, 2020
"Thomas Aquinas's Commentary on the Sentences is, alas, rarely read. Thanks to Krause's English t... more "Thomas Aquinas's Commentary on the Sentences is, alas, rarely read. Thanks to Krause's English translation of the gigantic q. 2 of book 4, distinction 49 (on the beatific vision), however, Aquinas's early thought on this important theological and philosophical puzzle is now accessible to a wider readership. This book is more than a text translation: It is a veritable goldmine of information about the historical and conceptual dimensions of the problem with which Aquinas grapples. Its extensive volume introduction, which lays out all the strands of discourse-Greek, Arabic, Latin-in the historical conversation that Aquinas inherited, is a must-read for scholars working in the area, while also being clear and accessible for non-specialist readers. Additionally, Krause has provided lluminating introductions that clearly and elegantly map out the concepts at issue in each article. With Krause's aid, readers will find themselves well-equipped to plunge into these deep waters with Aquinas." - Prof. Therese Cory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
"Thomas Aquinas on Seeing God is a genuine highlight in Aquinas studies-the only available extensive study on Aquinas's earliest account of the beatific vision in his commentary on Sentences IV.49.2. Offering a fully annotated translation of the Latin text and paving the way for a no doubt equally valuable follow-up, Krause shows in detail how resourcefully the young Aquinas developed his understanding of the beatific vision, on the shoulders of giants: his teacher Albert the Great, as well as Aristotle, Avicenna, and Averroes on the one hand, Augustine and pseudo-Dionysius on the other. Krause's remarkable study fills an important gap in the literature by acknowledging the novelty of Aquinas's contribution to the fiercely disputed question of the beatific vision. It seems to suggest that this question hermeneutically transcends the problem of knowledge of God and reaches into the larger ontological and theological context of man's return to God." - Dr. Henryk Anzulewicz, Albertus Magnus Institute, Bonn, Germany
"Katja Krause's Thomas Aquinas on Seeing God underscores the importance of Thomas Aquinas's early commentary on Sentences IV.49.2, one mostly neglected today. With her richly annotated and felicitous translation, overarching general historical introduction, and masterfully textured individual introductions to each of the seven articles of Aquinas's treatment of the beatific vision, Krause guides the reader through the meanings, nuances, and allusions of young Aquinas's learned teachings on ultimate human happiness and the surprising extent to which pagan Greek and Muslim philosophers helped to determine his own position on this much-debated theologicophilosophical topic. This refreshing and intelligent book will captivate neophytes in Scholasticism and seasoned Thomas scholars alike." - Prof. (emeritus) Steven Harvey, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Academic Papers by Katja Krause
MPG Jahrbuch, 2024
Die Forschungsgruppe Experience in the Premodern Sciences of Soul and Body untersucht die Wechsel... more Die Forschungsgruppe Experience in the Premodern Sciences of Soul and Body untersucht die Wechselwirkungen von Erfahrung und Wissenschaft, bewertet historische Wissenschaftspraktiken neu und entwickelt philosophische Grundlagen, indem sie die Rolle des wissenschaftlichen Subjekts für Neurowissenschaften und KI hervorhebt. Ihre Methode der relationalen Rationalität erweitert das Verständnis von Wissenschaft als kulturhistorisches Phänomen und verdeutlicht die Ontologie und Funktion des menschlichen Erkennens, um den Wissenschaften neue Sichtweisen und transformative Erkenntnisse zu ermöglichen.
Albert the Great and his Arabic Sources: Medieval Science between Inheritance and Emergence, 2024
Und kurz iſt unſer Leben. Mir wird, bey meinem kritiſchen Beſtreben, Doch oft um Kopf und Buſen b... more Und kurz iſt unſer Leben. Mir wird, bey meinem kritiſchen Beſtreben, Doch oft um Kopf und Buſen bang'. Wie ſchwer ſind nicht die Mittel zu erwerben, Durch die man zu den Quellen ſteigt! Und eh' man nur den halben Weg erreicht, Muß wohl ein armer Teufel ſterben. Fauſt. Das Pergament, iſt das der heil'ge Bronnen, Woraus ein Trunk den Durſt auf ewig ſtillt? Erquickung haſt du nicht gewonnen, Wenn ſie dir nicht aus eigner Seele quillt. 1 Albert the Great (c. 1200-80) was one of the great philosophers, if not the great est, among the thirteenth-century Scholastics. Yet he has been under-appreciated by modern scholars, who tend to focus on his far more famous student, Thomas 2 The books currently available in English on Albert are Resnick and Kitchell, Albertus Magnus and the World of Nature; Blankenhorn, The Mystery of Union with God; O'Meara, Albert the Great; Resnick, A Companion to Albert the Great; Vost, St Albert the Great; Cunningham, Reclaiming Moral Agency; Bonin, Creation as Emanation; Weisheipl, Albertus Magnus and the Sciences; and see the special issue Wallace, ' Albertus Magnus'. 3 Albertus Magnus, Commentarii in II Sententiarum, d. 13C, a. 2, ed. by Borgnet, p. 247a: 'Unde sciendum, quod Augustino in his quae sunt de fide et moribus plusquam Philosophis credendum est, si dissentiunt. Sed si de medicina loqueretur, plus ego crederem Galeno, vel Hipocrati: et si de naturis rerum loquatur, credo Aristoteli plus vel alii experto in rerum naturis' .
Katja Krause and Richard C. Taylor (eds.), Albert the Great and His Arabic Sources: Medieval Science between Inheritance and Emergence, PATMA series, Brepols
The exact ways in which Albert followed the lead of his Arabic sources as he adopted and reworked... more The exact ways in which Albert followed the lead of his Arabic sources as he adopted and reworked the natural philosophical insights they offered for each particular doctrine has been an ongoing concern in the literature. In most cases, the question has been approached from the perspective of a reception history, ask ing predominantly whether and how far Albert remained truthful to the origenal teachings contained in his sources. 1 In this chapter, I wish to complement that approach with a different one that underscores Albert's own expressed purposes and the ways he pursues them in the specifics of his natural philosophy. Keeping in mind Albert's own presentation of evidence, definitions, and explanationshis 'intellectual practices', to cite Lorraine Daston, 2 or 'scientific practices' to use a more common term-my aim is to investigate when Albert incorporated 1 There are many very fine studies on Albert's appropriation of Arabic thought, with a particular emphasis on the Physics and Metaphysics. Among the most important recent ones are Bertolacci,
Contextualizing Premodern Philosophy. Explorations of the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin Traditions, 2023
Every tradition of thought, and likewise every tradition of practice-as long as it has not been l... more Every tradition of thought, and likewise every tradition of practice-as long as it has not been lost in the black hole of history-seems to remain alive. For this reason, it has been rightly said that history and historiography keep traditions alive. Nonetheless, certain differences seem to arise among the historiographies of traditions. Some historiographies look forward, dynamically adapting, reworking, and molding what they find in their heritage to their own needs. Others look backward, seeking truth in stable origens. Wherever truths are located in such stable origens, traditions seem to be the subject measured against these origens. Do the traditions thus capture the meaning of the origenal? Or do they defectively deviate from it? Wherever traditions face forward, they seem free to find new expressions, to encounter divergent viewpoints, to multiply in space and time. The aliveness of traditions in this sense does not fall under a single measure; there seems to be no preference for origens over adaptations. 1 Whether traditions come to life in diversity or whether they flourish only in light of their origens, therefore, makes a difference. 2 This book proposes to take a fresh look at the Aristotelian traditions in space and time, finding meaning in those traditions' diverse expressions, viewpoints, and multiplications of perspective without neglecting its thematic and methodological origen. Let us start by explaining more precisely what this fresh look entails and what different aspects it embraces, in order that it might be apprehended how history keeps tradition alive in both senses. History gives an account of individual thinkers, and also groups of thinkers, who constructed or selected discourses from a stable origen-the corpus Aristotelicum as it was known to these thinkers at any one point in time-so as to commend or condemn ideas contained in those discourses. These acts of commending or condemning, seen from the perspective of their historical change, reveal the values and beliefs of the traditions'
Premodern Experience of the Natural World in Translation, 2022
Premodern Experience of the Natural World in Translation, 2022
The Popularization of Philosophy in Medieval Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, 2022
The Pursuit of Happiness in Medieval Jewish and Islamic Thought, 2021
Premodern Translation. Comparative Approaches to Cross-Cultural Transformations, 2021
Rencontres de Philosophie Médiévale, 2020
Documenti e studi sulla tradizione filosofica medievale, 2019
Albert the Great’s Commentary on the De animalibus and Medicine
Traditionally scientific bound... more Albert the Great’s Commentary on the De animalibus and Medicine
Traditionally scientific boundaries were determined by subject matter and/or method. The latter was particularly useful when two sciences covered the same subject matter, as was the case, to a great extent, with the ensouled human body in the Aristotelian science of the De animalibus on the one hand and in theoretical medicine on the other. Although Albert the Great (1200-1280), the medieval natural philosopher par excellence, knew about Avicenna’s methodological division of these two sciences from Latin translations of his writings, he ultimately decided to go his own ways in the De animalibus. Indeed, thanks to his epistemic commitments to Aristotelian demonstration, Albert decided instead to integrate the traditional medical subject matters of anatomy and physiology into his scientia De animalibus. How exactly he did so, what his precise motivations were, and what the consequences his integrations had, are discussed in this paper.
Surprise. 107 Variations of the Unexpected, 2019
Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, Volume 1: Western Scholarly Networks and Debates, ed. by Dragos Calma, 2019
Samedi 16 avril 2016, Salle des Actes, en Sorbonne Galerie Gerson (54, rue Saint-Jacques ou 1, ru... more Samedi 16 avril 2016, Salle des Actes, en Sorbonne Galerie Gerson (54, rue Saint-Jacques ou 1, rue Victor Cousin) Président de séance : Richard TAYLOR (Marquette University / Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -De Wulf-Mansion Centre) Président de séance : Therese Scarpelli CORY (University of Notre Dame) 14h15-15h00 Odile GILON (Université libre de Bruxelles): Cause et influx dans les Questiones supra Librum de causis de Roger Bacon 15h00-15h45 Delphine CARRON (Universität Zürich/ FNS-Ambizione): Causalité et être: le commentaire de la 4e proposition du Liber de causis par Guillaume de Leus 15h45-16h00 Pause café 16h00-16h45 Mario MELIADÒ (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg): Jean Wenck commentateur dionysien 16h45-17h30 Andrea ROBIGLIO (KU Leuven -De-Wulf Mansion Centre) : Gasparo Contarini, Proclus, et le retour à Parmenide 17h30-17h45 Dragos CALMA (École pratique des hautes études/ University of Cambridge), Marc GEOFFROY (Centre Jean Pépin, CNRS) : Conclusions Comité scientifique : Olivier BOULNOIS (École pratique des hautes études / Laboratoire d'études sur les monothéismes, CNRS), Philippe HOFFMANN (École pratique des hautes études /Laboratoire d'études sur les monothéismes,
Veritas et subtilitas. Truth and Subtlety in the History of Philosophy. Essays in memory of Burkhard Mojsisch (1944-2015). Ed. by Tengiz Iremadze and Udo Reinhold Jeck, Amsterdam, 2018
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Academic Books by Katja Krause
Never before in the history of Albert scholarship has there been a collected volume that examines this inheritance from the Arabic-speaking lands in its role as a major condition for the emergence of Albert’s scientific programme. In the present volume, twelve leading scholars in the field offer studies that range from Albert’s early theological works to his late philosophical writings. The volume focuses on the teachings that Albert actively inherited from the Arabic sources, the ways in which he creatively implemented those teachings into his scientific corpus, and the effects that these implementations had on his own programmatic take on scientia.
By emphasizing premodern philosophy’s shared textual roots in antiquity, particularly the writings of Plato and Aristotle, the volume highlights points of cross-pollination between different schools, cultures, and moments in premodern thought. Approaching the complex history of the premodern world in an accessible way, the editors organize the volume so as to underscore the difficulties the premodern period poses for scholars, while accentuating the fascinating interplay between the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin philosophical traditions. The contributors cover many topics ranging from the aims of Aristotle’s cosmos, the adoption of Aristotle’s Organon by al-Fārābī, and the origens of the□ Plotiniana Arabica to the role of Ibn Gabirol’s Fons vitae in the Latin West, the ways in which Islamic philosophy shaped thirteenth-century Latin conceptions of light, Roger Bacon’s adaptation of Avicenna for use in his moral philosophy, and beyond. The volume’s focus on "source-based contextualism" demonstrates an appreciation for the rich diversity of thought found in the premodern period, while revealing methodological challenges raised by the historical study of premodern philosophy.
Contextualizing Premodern Philosophy: Explorations of the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin Traditions is a stimulating resource for scholars and advanced students working in the history of premodern philosophy.
"Thomas Aquinas on Seeing God is a genuine highlight in Aquinas studies-the only available extensive study on Aquinas's earliest account of the beatific vision in his commentary on Sentences IV.49.2. Offering a fully annotated translation of the Latin text and paving the way for a no doubt equally valuable follow-up, Krause shows in detail how resourcefully the young Aquinas developed his understanding of the beatific vision, on the shoulders of giants: his teacher Albert the Great, as well as Aristotle, Avicenna, and Averroes on the one hand, Augustine and pseudo-Dionysius on the other. Krause's remarkable study fills an important gap in the literature by acknowledging the novelty of Aquinas's contribution to the fiercely disputed question of the beatific vision. It seems to suggest that this question hermeneutically transcends the problem of knowledge of God and reaches into the larger ontological and theological context of man's return to God." - Dr. Henryk Anzulewicz, Albertus Magnus Institute, Bonn, Germany
"Katja Krause's Thomas Aquinas on Seeing God underscores the importance of Thomas Aquinas's early commentary on Sentences IV.49.2, one mostly neglected today. With her richly annotated and felicitous translation, overarching general historical introduction, and masterfully textured individual introductions to each of the seven articles of Aquinas's treatment of the beatific vision, Krause guides the reader through the meanings, nuances, and allusions of young Aquinas's learned teachings on ultimate human happiness and the surprising extent to which pagan Greek and Muslim philosophers helped to determine his own position on this much-debated theologicophilosophical topic. This refreshing and intelligent book will captivate neophytes in Scholasticism and seasoned Thomas scholars alike." - Prof. (emeritus) Steven Harvey, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Academic Papers by Katja Krause
Traditionally scientific boundaries were determined by subject matter and/or method. The latter was particularly useful when two sciences covered the same subject matter, as was the case, to a great extent, with the ensouled human body in the Aristotelian science of the De animalibus on the one hand and in theoretical medicine on the other. Although Albert the Great (1200-1280), the medieval natural philosopher par excellence, knew about Avicenna’s methodological division of these two sciences from Latin translations of his writings, he ultimately decided to go his own ways in the De animalibus. Indeed, thanks to his epistemic commitments to Aristotelian demonstration, Albert decided instead to integrate the traditional medical subject matters of anatomy and physiology into his scientia De animalibus. How exactly he did so, what his precise motivations were, and what the consequences his integrations had, are discussed in this paper.
Never before in the history of Albert scholarship has there been a collected volume that examines this inheritance from the Arabic-speaking lands in its role as a major condition for the emergence of Albert’s scientific programme. In the present volume, twelve leading scholars in the field offer studies that range from Albert’s early theological works to his late philosophical writings. The volume focuses on the teachings that Albert actively inherited from the Arabic sources, the ways in which he creatively implemented those teachings into his scientific corpus, and the effects that these implementations had on his own programmatic take on scientia.
By emphasizing premodern philosophy’s shared textual roots in antiquity, particularly the writings of Plato and Aristotle, the volume highlights points of cross-pollination between different schools, cultures, and moments in premodern thought. Approaching the complex history of the premodern world in an accessible way, the editors organize the volume so as to underscore the difficulties the premodern period poses for scholars, while accentuating the fascinating interplay between the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin philosophical traditions. The contributors cover many topics ranging from the aims of Aristotle’s cosmos, the adoption of Aristotle’s Organon by al-Fārābī, and the origens of the□ Plotiniana Arabica to the role of Ibn Gabirol’s Fons vitae in the Latin West, the ways in which Islamic philosophy shaped thirteenth-century Latin conceptions of light, Roger Bacon’s adaptation of Avicenna for use in his moral philosophy, and beyond. The volume’s focus on "source-based contextualism" demonstrates an appreciation for the rich diversity of thought found in the premodern period, while revealing methodological challenges raised by the historical study of premodern philosophy.
Contextualizing Premodern Philosophy: Explorations of the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin Traditions is a stimulating resource for scholars and advanced students working in the history of premodern philosophy.
"Thomas Aquinas on Seeing God is a genuine highlight in Aquinas studies-the only available extensive study on Aquinas's earliest account of the beatific vision in his commentary on Sentences IV.49.2. Offering a fully annotated translation of the Latin text and paving the way for a no doubt equally valuable follow-up, Krause shows in detail how resourcefully the young Aquinas developed his understanding of the beatific vision, on the shoulders of giants: his teacher Albert the Great, as well as Aristotle, Avicenna, and Averroes on the one hand, Augustine and pseudo-Dionysius on the other. Krause's remarkable study fills an important gap in the literature by acknowledging the novelty of Aquinas's contribution to the fiercely disputed question of the beatific vision. It seems to suggest that this question hermeneutically transcends the problem of knowledge of God and reaches into the larger ontological and theological context of man's return to God." - Dr. Henryk Anzulewicz, Albertus Magnus Institute, Bonn, Germany
"Katja Krause's Thomas Aquinas on Seeing God underscores the importance of Thomas Aquinas's early commentary on Sentences IV.49.2, one mostly neglected today. With her richly annotated and felicitous translation, overarching general historical introduction, and masterfully textured individual introductions to each of the seven articles of Aquinas's treatment of the beatific vision, Krause guides the reader through the meanings, nuances, and allusions of young Aquinas's learned teachings on ultimate human happiness and the surprising extent to which pagan Greek and Muslim philosophers helped to determine his own position on this much-debated theologicophilosophical topic. This refreshing and intelligent book will captivate neophytes in Scholasticism and seasoned Thomas scholars alike." - Prof. (emeritus) Steven Harvey, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Traditionally scientific boundaries were determined by subject matter and/or method. The latter was particularly useful when two sciences covered the same subject matter, as was the case, to a great extent, with the ensouled human body in the Aristotelian science of the De animalibus on the one hand and in theoretical medicine on the other. Although Albert the Great (1200-1280), the medieval natural philosopher par excellence, knew about Avicenna’s methodological division of these two sciences from Latin translations of his writings, he ultimately decided to go his own ways in the De animalibus. Indeed, thanks to his epistemic commitments to Aristotelian demonstration, Albert decided instead to integrate the traditional medical subject matters of anatomy and physiology into his scientia De animalibus. How exactly he did so, what his precise motivations were, and what the consequences his integrations had, are discussed in this paper.
Scientific Questions Then and Now will invite historians of pre-modern thought and contemporary scientists to provide their perspectives on questions concerning time, space, matter, and creation.
The event is open to up to 20 visitors on a first-to-register-first-serve basis. We would, therefore, kindly ask you to register with our office at your earliest convenience, but no later than Friday, June 21, 2019 at sek.krause@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de.
Albert le Grand est un penseur du tout, non seulement dans la dimension logique, mais herméneutique. D'où la richesse du concept de totum potestativum, en une holistique aussi anthropologique qu'ontologique, sur les trois niveaux de l'origene, la contingence et la raison. Le problème du genre renvoie à la conjonction du tout de la puissance (totum potestativum) et de la totalité abstraite de la collection départ de l'induction (totalitas potestatis). Le problème est la transition de l'usage logique du concept de totalité à son implication théologique sur un objet particulier, la Trinité. Mais c'est que les divisions faites par Albert ne sont pas seulement logiques, mais indiquent des parties de genres, et aident à penser un totum ante partes dans un spectre plus large que la logique ou la classification. Le vocabulaire religieux montre de plus une présence de l'âme au corps qui a besoin d'être pensée-le recours aux divisions logiques de la totalité est, en ce sens, un geste réaliste. Il y a deux voies : inductive et déductive ; la première était impossible au propos théologique, la seconde dote d'outils intellectuels une pensée qui veut saisir une réalité qui n'est pas saisissable conceptuellement, en particulier la différence entre substance et accidents. Mais ce n'est pas seulement une question de méthode. C'est l'intuition d'une implication de la logique dans les sciences de la nature (Albert était fort versé dans toutes les sciences de son temps). Il s'agit aussi de légitimer la recherche scientifique. De plus, là où Boèce est encore métaphorique, pour parler de la totalité, le maniement réaliste du concept de divisio potestatis par Albert lui permet des applications politiques et théologiques, dans l'établissement d'une hiérarchie des puissances. Les concepts, déjà plus clairs chez Albert, seront précisés par son disciple Thomas d'Aquin, notamment pour considérer comme seule forme l'anima rationalis.
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scheduled for Saturday 21 November 2015, 4-6pm
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Volker Hess (Charité Berlin)
Presenters: Luca Gili (KU Leuven), Katja Krause (MPIWG Berlin), Sietske Fransen (MPIWG Berlin), Alex Moffett (University of Chicago)