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Double Truth: how are we to look at it?

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There is consensus among historians of medieval philosophy that the Double Truth was never held by late medieval scholastics. Double Truth is the position that conflicting philosophical and religious ideas are both true. It was denounced in the Condemnation of 1277 by the bishop of Paris, and criticised in Aquinas’s De unitate intellectus (1270). The consensus is based on accounts of Double Truth in these two sources, examination of scholastic texts potentially presenting Double Truth positio...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.2143/RTPM.88.1.3289285

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Theology Faculty
Sub department:
Theology and Religion Faculty
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Author
Publisher:
Peeters Publishers Publisher's website
Journal:
Recherches de Théologie et Philosophie Médiévales Journal website
Volume:
88
Issue:
1
Pages:
89-141
Publication date:
2021-05-01
Acceptance date:
2020-09-08
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EISSN:
1783-1717
ISSN:
1370-7493
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1135522
Local pid:
pubs:1135522
Deposit date:
2020-09-29

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