Analytical Thomism
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Analytical Thomism is a movement whose aim is to present the thought of Thomas Aquinas in the style of modern analytic philosophy. The term was first coined by Scottish philosopher John Haldane in the early 1990s, and refers broadly to philosophers working on the thought of Saint Thomas using the methods of the analytical tradition (i.e. conceptual analysis). The movement began in the mid-twentieth century at the University of Cambridge, germinating in large part out of lectures given to a few Catholic-minded scholars (particularly Elizabeth Anscombe) by Ludwig Wittgenstein in the years before his death.
Analytical Thomists include: David Braine, Brian Davies, Peter Geach, John Haldane, Anthony Kenny, Norman Kretzmann, Anthony J. Lisska, Christopher Martin, Herbert McCabe, Alvin Plantinga, Eleonore Stump, John P. O'Callaghan and Robert Pasnau.
Sources
- John Haldane (ed.), "Analytical Thomism" volume of Monist, vol. 80, no. 4, October 1997.
- John Haldane, Thomism and the Future of Catholic Philosophy, New Blackfriars, Vol. 80, No. 938, 1999.
- Fergus Kerr, O.P., "Aquinas and Analytic Philosophy: Natural Allies?", Modern Theology, vol. 20, no. 1, 2004.
- Roger Pouivet, Après Wittgensein, saint Thomas. PUF: 1997.