Journal title RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA
Author/s Gianpiero Tavolaro
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2023/4
Language Italian Pages 34 P. 526-559 File size 246 KB
DOI 10.3280/SF2023-004002
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The aim of this paper is to provide the analysis of the theory of light in James of Viterbo’s Disputatio quarta de quolibet (quaestio 6), in order to place it in the context of medieval debate about the nature of light, by identifying and focusing on the main references of the Augustinian theologian, among whom expecially Bonaventure of Bagnoregio, Thomas Aquinas, Henry of Ghent, Godfrey of Fontaines and Giles of Rome have to be counted. This analysis re- veals the originality of James’s position, presented as via media, to say some sort of “synthetic solution” between the theory of the real existence and the theory of the in- tentional existence of light in the medium;; it is also concerned with grasping and in- vestigating the interesting relation of James’s theory of light with his own theory of cognition, based on the conception of vision as prototypical sense as well as on the theory of the species.
Keywords: James of Viterbo, cognition, intentionality, light, sense, species, vision.
Gianpiero Tavolaro, «Sensibile positum supra sensum non facit sensum». La luce e il mezzo nella "sintesi" di Giacomo da Viterbo in "RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA" 4/2023, pp 526-559, DOI: 10.3280/SF2023-004002