Double truth
Double-truth theory is "the view that religion and philosophy, as separate sources of knowledge, might arrive at contradictory truths without detriment to either".[1]
Latin Averroism
In medieval Europe, the Church was specifically opposed to "
Neoplatonism and Aristotelianism
At the time, much of the theology of the
Revival in the Renaissance
Questions remained, and again came to the fore when scientists such as
Francis Bacon exemplifies this concept in his book The Advancement of Learning arguing that the fact that revelation was contrary to reason is what gave value to faith.[11]
Revival in continental philosophy
John Sallis, described by Simon Critchley as the first distinctive voice in American continental philosophy, addresses the question of 'double truth', bringing to it both his formative experiences as a student of classical philosophy as well as his commanding understanding of continental philosophy. In his 'Double Truth' (1995) he reframes the problem, suggesting that 'truth is the double of being' (xii). John Sallis, Double Truth: Religion and the Representation of the Past (SUNY Press, 1995). Reviewed by Steve W. Davis, 'Truth Otherwise than Truth: Wonder' Research in Phenomenology 26 (1996), pp. 276–283. [1] and Michael D. Barber, Modern Schoolman 73 (2):186-186 (1996). [2]. Also the subject of chapter ten of Berndard Freydburg, The Thought of John Sallis: Phenomenology, Plato, Imagination [DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv47w64n.19].
References
- ^ "double-truth theory". Encyclopædia Britannica.
- ^ Gilson, Etienne, Reason and Revelation in the Middle Ages, Charles Scribner's Sons 1938 (1966 Reprint), pp. 19-30
- ^ See, e.g., Gilson, Etienne, "La doctrine de la double vérité," Études de philosophie médiévale (1921), pp. 51-69; translated as, History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages (1955).
- ISBN 978-0-88844-023-5.
- ^ "The Metaphysics of John Duns Scotus", pathways (essays), Fr. Seamus Mulholland
- ^ See, e.g.,
- ISBN 978-0870610639.
- ^ "The Battle of Aristotle", Arthur Little, Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, Vol. 36, No. 141 (Mar., 1947), pp. 57–68
- ^ Will Durant, The Reformation, Simon and Schuster, 1957.
- ^ See also: Dictionary of the History of Ideas Double Truth Archived May 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell (1947), Allen & Unwin, p. 564.