Spheres of Philosophical Inquiry and the Historiography of Medieval Philosophy

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Recent writers in the historiography of philosophy have placed into question the paradigms that structure our historical writing. This volume continues this discussion with particular reference to medieval philosophy. Inglis shows that the modern historiography of medieval philosophy had its origins in certain nineteenth-century German reactions to Kantian idealism. He uncovers the philosophical, political, and theological origins of how we have come to interpret medieval philosophy according to the standard spheres of philosophy. By keeping such historiography in mind and paying attention to the context in which the medieval actually wrote, Inglis raises serious questions concerning the accuracy of the dominant model and proposes an historically sensitive alternative. The genealogy will interest medievalists and intellectual historians, the alternative model will interest historians of medieval philosophy, and theology. 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 VII. 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