Abstracción y matemática en el Comentario a la Física de Tomás de Aquino: Más allá de las operaciones intelectuales

Emiliano Javier Cuccia

doi:10.14482/eidos.27.9381

Abstracción y matemática en el Comentario a la Física de Tomás de Aquino: Más allá de las operaciones intelectuales

Translated title of the contribution: Abstraction and mathematics in aquinas commentary on the physical: Beyond intellectual operations

Emiliano Javier Cuccia

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During the 20^th century, one of the most debated issues regarding Aquinas's theory of knowledge was the process of abstraction. Attention was mainly focused on the role of abstraction in the definition of objects of speculative sciences. Leaving aside the particular features (and disparities) of this debate, this paper aims to focus on the analysis of a very peculiar text in which abstraction-still considered as the cause of the distinction of mathematical objects-does not seem to designate some sort of intellectual operation. On the contrary, abstraction there appears as a property of the very mathematical essences or forms. The consequences of this could lead to the revision of some established ideas in Thomistic Epistemology.

Translated title of the contribution	Abstraction and mathematics in aquinas commentary on the physical: Beyond intellectual operations
Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	154-173
Number of pages	20
Journal	Eidos
Issue number	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14482/eidos.27.9381
State	Published - 1 Jul 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Abstracción y matemática en el Comentario a la Física de Tomás de Aquino: Más allá de las operaciones intelectuales

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