Spheres of Philosophical Inquiry and the Historiography of Medieval Philosophy (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)

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. Introduction: A Common Model Of The History Of Medieval Philosophy In The Twentieth Century -- I. The Historiography Of Medieval Philosophy In The Eighteenth Century -- Ii. The Restoration Of Medieval Philosophy In The Early Nineteenth Century -- Iii. Joseph Kleutgen And The Spheres Of Philosophical Inquiry As A Model For The Historiography Of Medieval Philosophy -- Iv. Albert Stockl's Geschichte Der Philosophie Des Mittelalters -- V. The Success Of The Kleutgen-stockl Model In The Late Nineteenth Century -- Vi. From Maurice De Wulf To General Academic Acceptance -- Vii. Etienne Gilson And The Historiography Of Medieval Philosophy -- Viii. The Expansion Of The Pantheon Of Medieval Philosophers In The Late Twentieth Century. By John Inglis. Some Chapters Have Appeared In Journals And Earlier Versions Of Some Chapters Were Read At Several Conferences From 1992-1993. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [283]-311) And Index. This volume provides a genealogy of the modern historiography of medieval philosophy up to the present, rediscovers fifty years of German scholarship, criticizes what has become the standard approach, and proposes an historically sensitive alternative.