Spheres of Philosophical Inquiry and the Historiography of Medieval Philosophy

338 Pages·1998·34.7 MB·English

by  John Inglis

BRILL'S STUDIES
IN
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
General Editor
A.J. VANDERJAGT, University of Groningen
Editorial Board
M. COLISH, Oberlin College
J.I. ISRAEL, University College, London
J.D. NORTH, University of Groningen
H.A. OBERMAN, University of Arizona, Tucson
R.H. POPKIN, Washington University, St. Louis-UCLA
VOLUME 81
SPHERES OF
PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY
AND THE HISTORIOGRAPHY
OF MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
BY
JOHN INGLIS
*o
BRILL
LEIDEN · BOSTON · KÖLN
1998
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Inglis, John.
Spheres of philosophical inquiry and the historiography of
medieval philosophy / by John Inglis.
p. cm. — (Brill's studies in intellectual history, ISSN
0920-8607 ; v. 81)
Some chapters have appeared in journals and earlier versions of
some chapters were read at several conferences from 1992-1993.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9004108432 (cloth : alk paper)
1. Philosophy, Medieval—Historiography. I. Title. II. Series.
B721.145 1998
189\07'22—dc21 98-5625
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Many doctrines examined in the history of philosophy
. . . were most often developed within theology and
this theological setting is ignored at peril of distortion.1
1 Walter H. Principe (1922-1996) in a handout for a survey course in patristic
and medieval theology (MST 9002Y) taught at the Pontificial Institute of
Mediaeval Studies in the spring of 1980.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface ix
Introduction: A Common Model of the History of
Medieval Philosophy in the Twentieth Century 1
PART ONE
THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE HISTORIOGRAPHY
OF MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
I. The Historiography of Medieval Philosophy in
the Eighteenth Century 17
II. The Restoration of Medieval Philosophy in the Early
Nineteenth Century . 41
III. Joseph Kleutgen and the Spheres of Philosophical
Inquiry as a Model for the Historiography of
Medieval Philosophy 62
IV. Albert Stöckl's Geschichte der Philosophie des Mittelalters ... 105
V. The Success of the Kleutgen-Stöckl Model in the
Late Nineteenth Century 137
VI. From Maurice de Wulf to General Academic
Acceptance 168
VIL Etienne Gilson and the Historiography of
Medieval Philosophy 193
VIII. The Expansion of the Pantheon of Medieval
Philosophers in the Late Twentieth Century 215
PART TWO
TOWARD A NEW HISTORIOGRAPHY
OF MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
IX. The Kleutgen-Stöckl Model Reconsidered:
The Case for Medieval Epistemology 237
X. The False Dichotomy of Reason and Revelation 263
Bibliography 283
Index 313