10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop: Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas
June 25, 2021
Handout:
I. Introduction
Truth in modern analytic philosophy - Scholastic distinction between logical truth and ontological truth
II. The transcendentals in general
The concept of being - The one, the true, and the good - Other transcendental notions - The beautiful - Transcendental concepts and transcendental properties - Reasons for their neglect in modern philosophy
III. Ontological truth
Difference from logical truth - Conformity of being and intellect, and “direction of fit” - Formal identity versus Cartesian representationalism - Truth and metaphysical realism - Eternal truths and the divine intellect - Priority of ontological truth - Is there ontological falsity?
IV. Some implications
Ontological truth and the Principle of Sufficient Reason - The Augustinian argument from eternal truths - Critique of skepticism and anti-realism (Dummett) - Critique of conceptual relativism (Davidson) - Critique of empiricism, eliminativism, and nominalism - The transcendentals and Trinitarian theology
Diagram of the Transcendentals:
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BEING
considered absolutely - - - considered relative to
1. in an affirmative way (in terms of essence): - - - 2. in a negative way (as undivided): - - - 3. the concept of some intellect: - - - 4. the end of some appetite:
1. THING - - - 2. ONE - - - 3. TRUE - - - 4. GOOD - - - Transcendental properties
2. considered as distinct from: - - - 3 & 4. considered as pleasing:
2. OTHER - - - 3 & 4. BEAUTIFUL - - - Transcendental properties
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