Scholasticism and

Rationalism

SCHOLASTICISM

A system of theology and philosophy popular among medieval European scholars based on Aristotelian logic and writings of the early church Fathers featuring a strong emphasis on Catholic tradition and dogma

from the Latin word scholasticus ("that [which] belongs to the school) was a method of learning taught by the academics (or schoolmen) of medieval universities circa 1100 – 1500 C.E.

Scholae, Capiscola, or Scholasticus

study the seven liberal arts, Including dialectic, the only branch of philosophy under systematic study at that time

replaced with the studia generalia, or universities

SCHOLASTICS

During the fourteenth century, the energies of the Scholastics became increasingly absorbed in theological debates between the Franciscans, and Dominicans.

Auctor -as a subject of investigationReferred to Church councils, papal letters, ancient texts or commentaries

Lectio and the Disputatio

Early scholastics (1000 - 1250):Anselm of CanterburyPeter AbélardSolomon Ibn GabirolPeter LombardGilbert de la Porrée

High scholastics (1250 - 1350):Robert GrossetesteRoger BaconAlbertus MagnusThomas AquinasBoetius of DaciaDuns ScotusRadulphus BritoWilliam of OckhamJean BuridanNicolas OresmeMarsilius of Padua

Late scholastics (1350- 1650):Gregory of RiminiFrancisco de VitoriaFrancisco SuárezLeonardus Lessius

Rationalism

think

Popular RationalistPythagorasPlatoSocratesAl-FarabiAvicennaAverroesRené DescartesNicolas MalebrancheBaruch Spinoza

Gottfried LeibnizChristian WolffImmanuel KantDavid ChalmersNoam ChomskyAlvin PlantingaErnest SosaPeriyar E. V. Ramasamy

`TRUE OR FALSE1. Scholasticism comes from the Latin word scholasticis ("that [which] belongs to the school

2. Auctor is the a subject of investigation for debate

Scholastics on the period 1350-1560 are Gregory of RiminiFrancisco de Vitoria and Thomas Aquinas

Experience is used in reasoning for the rationalist.

Phytagoras is a rationalist for proving the golden ratio.