Analysis and Critique of Aquinas's Argument of Contingency
Contrary to some of his great commentator's belief such as Gilson, Aquinas hasn’t corrected the arguments of contingency given by Avicenna and Averroes, and he hasn’t even been fully aware of the differences between them. So, in the points of disagreement between them, Aquinas hasn’t entered in...
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| description | Contrary to some of his great commentator's belief such as Gilson, Aquinas hasn’t corrected the arguments of contingency given by Avicenna and Averroes, and he hasn’t even been fully aware of the differences between them. So, in the points of disagreement between them, Aquinas hasn’t entered into the discussion knowingly so that he can form a correct judgment or at least side with one of them thoughtfully.His first argument is a combination of the arguments of Avicenna and Averroes which denotes his lack of knowledge about their philosophical principles. The same difficulty applies to his second argument according to one interpretation. Anyway, influenced by Averroes, Aquinas has drawn up his both arguments in two parts without knowing what had made Averroes to resort to that.The use of the natural causes and effects in this argument and the application of impossibility of an infinite regress to them is also among its difficulties. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7cea523daad04c11aab77c887e7caa3e2023-09-02T18:57:28ZengUniversity of QomPizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī1735-97912538-25002018-08-0120211914010.22091/pfk.2017.1907.15991149Analysis and Critique of Aquinas's Argument of ContingencyṬayyibeh Rez̤āeirah0Muhammad Javad Rez̤āeirah1* Master's student, Philosophy Department, KhwārazmīUniversity* Assistant professor, Philosophy Department, KhwārazmīUniversityContrary to some of his great commentator's belief such as Gilson, Aquinas hasn’t corrected the arguments of contingency given by Avicenna and Averroes, and he hasn’t even been fully aware of the differences between them. So, in the points of disagreement between them, Aquinas hasn’t entered into the discussion knowingly so that he can form a correct judgment or at least side with one of them thoughtfully.His first argument is a combination of the arguments of Avicenna and Averroes which denotes his lack of knowledge about their philosophical principles. The same difficulty applies to his second argument according to one interpretation. Anyway, influenced by Averroes, Aquinas has drawn up his both arguments in two parts without knowing what had made Averroes to resort to that.The use of the natural causes and effects in this argument and the application of impossibility of an infinite regress to them is also among its difficulties.http://pfk.qom.ac.ir/article_1149_58967ab935ba2cfa090574254f50f10b.pdfaquinasthe argument of contingencyessential possibilitypossibility of preparednessnecessary beingimpossibility of an infinite regress |
| spellingShingle | Ṭayyibeh Rez̤āeirah Muhammad Javad Rez̤āeirah Analysis and Critique of Aquinas's Argument of Contingency Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī aquinas the argument of contingency essential possibility possibility of preparedness necessary being impossibility of an infinite regress |
| title | Analysis and Critique of Aquinas's Argument of Contingency |
| title_full | Analysis and Critique of Aquinas's Argument of Contingency |
| title_fullStr | Analysis and Critique of Aquinas's Argument of Contingency |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis and Critique of Aquinas's Argument of Contingency |
| title_short | Analysis and Critique of Aquinas's Argument of Contingency |
| title_sort | analysis and critique of aquinas s argument of contingency |
| topic | aquinas the argument of contingency essential possibility possibility of preparedness necessary being impossibility of an infinite regress |
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