IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1034: Matter Matters: Albertus Magnus on the Subject Matter of Natural Philosophy
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | 'Human Being as a Crosspoint: The Beginnings of the Modern Concept of Man in the Middle Ages' Project, Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca |
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| Organiser: | Evelina Miteva, Philosophisches Seminar, Universität zu Köln |
| Moderator/Chair: | Evelina Miteva, Philosophisches Seminar, Universität zu Köln |
| Paper 1034-a | Materiality and Method in Albert the Great's Natural Science (Language: English) Index terms: Philosophy, Science |
| Paper 1034-b | Material Souls and Human Soul: Albert the Great's Notion of Incohatio Formarum (Language: English) Index terms: Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Philosophy, Science |
| Paper 1034-c | What Are Dreams Made Of?: Albertus Magnus on the Materiality of Dreams (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Philosophy, Science |
| Abstract | Matter poses a specific and significant problem to medieval philosophers. It is contingent, transient and proper to singular bodies. How could we then make a universal and necessary statement about a material entity? Moreover, if one is to establish a science about the material things, as Albertus Magnus, the question of its foundations becomes crucial. How can natural philosophy be formulated as a necessary science? How materiality can bring about an immaterial substance like the soul? What is the materiality of spiritual entities like words or dreams? And does materiality limit freedom? These are some of the questions that the four speakers are going to discuss in this session, sketching the way Albertus Magnus related to the concept of matter in his natural philosophy. |