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In defense of common sense : Lorenzo Valla's humanist critique of scholastic philosophy

Lodi Nauta

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Introduction
The attack on aristotelian-scholastic metaphysics
The analysis of things : substance, quality, and the tree of porphyry
Thing and word : a critique of transcendental terms
From a grammatical point of view : the reduction of the categories
Soul, nature, morality, and God
Soul and nature : a critique of aristotelian psychology and natural philosophy
The virtues and the road to heavenly pleasure
Speaking about the ineffable : the Trinity
Towards a humanist dialectic
Dialectic I : propositions, the square of contraries, proof, and argument
Dialectic II : forms of argumentation
Conclusion: Valla and "ordinary language philosophy".

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In defense of common sense : Lorenzo Valla's humanist critique of scholastic philosophy by Lodi Nauta. ISBN 9780674032699. Published by Harvard University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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