A Companion to Godfrey of Fontaines - (Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition) by Antoine Côté & Martin Pickavé & Michael Szlachta

Book Synopsis

Eleven leading scholars team up to produce the first book-length treatment of a wide spectrum of issues in the philosophical thought of Godfrey of Fontaines, one of the most prominent thinkers at the University of Paris in the last quarter of the thirteenth century. The book covers all major areas of Godfrey's philosophical thought--from metaphysics and natural philosophy to psychology, epistemology, ethics and social and political philosophy--exploring his connections with other intellectual figures of his time. The volume also presents an up-to-date account of Godfrey's life.

Contributors include Andrea Aiello, Antoine Côté, Silvia Donati, Alban Grandjean, Peter King, Marialucrezia Leone, Elsa Marmursztejn, David Piché, Martin Pickavé, Giorgio Pini, and Michael Szlachta.

About the Author

Antoine Côté, Ph.D. (1991), Université Catholique de Louvain, is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa. He specializes in later medieval metaphysics and philosophy of cognition and has published widely in both areas.

Martin Pickavé, Ph.D. (2003), University of Cologne, is Professor of Philosophy and Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. He specializes in later medieval philosophy of mind and metaphysics and has published Heinrich von Gent über Metaphysik als erste Wissenschaft (Brill, 2007).

Michael Szlachta, Ph.D. (2019), University of Toronto, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at St. Francis Xavier University. He specializes in later medieval theories of the will, on which he has published many articles.