IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 247: Augustine and Anselm on Memory, Will, and God
Monday 2 July 2018, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Institute for Saint Anselm Studies, Saint Anselm College, New Hampshire / International Association for Anselm Studies |
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| Organiser: | Montague Brown, Department of Philosophy, Saint Anselm College, New Hampshire |
| Moderator/Chair: | Montague Brown, Department of Philosophy, Saint Anselm College, New Hampshire |
| Paper 247-a | Augustine on God's Presence to Memory and Will (Language: English) Index terms: Philosophy, Theology |
| Paper 247-b | 'Without which it is never free': Free Will and Justice in Anselm (Language: English) Index terms: Philosophy, Theology |
| Paper 247-c | The Theological and Anthropological Function of Memory in Anselm's Thought (Language: English) Index terms: Philosophy, Theology |
| Abstract | This sessions aims to understand memory and will as found in the thought of Augustine and Anselm. The first paper will focus on Augustine's reflections on how God is present in memory and the implications of this for God's relation to will. The second paper will discuss Anselm's understanding of the operations of the will, with a special focus on Anselm's claim that justice is a necessary condition for free will (voluntas libera), though not for free choice (liberum arbitrium). The third paper will attempt to deduce how Anselm understood memory to function in man in the light of his treatment of memory in his Trinitarian theology. From this it will seek to determine what implications there may be for Anselm's anthropology in general and his epistemology in particular. |