Medieval Modal Logic & Science: Augustine on Scientific Truth and Thomas on its Impossibility Without a First Cause

by Robert C. Trundle

Medieval Modal Logic & Science uses modal reasoning in a new way to fortify the relationships between science, ethics, and politics. Robert C. Trundle accomplishes this by analyzing the role of modal logic in the work of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, then applying these themes to contemporary issues. He incorporates Augustine's ideas involving thought and consciousness, and Aquinas's reasoning to a First Cause. The author also deals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761813985
• ISBN13: 9780761813989
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"