The late-scholastic school of Scotism (after John Duns Scotus, † 1308) left considerable room for disagreement. This volume innovatively demonstrates just how vividly Scotist philosophers and theologians discussed cognitive matters from the 14th until the 17th century. It further shows how the Scotist ideas were received in Protestant and Reformed milieus.
Focusing on Francisco Suárez's theory of sense perception, this monograph explores the intricate concept of perceptual intentionality. It delves into both external and internal senses, providing new insights into Suárez's comprehensive framework. The work aims to enhance understanding of how perception functions within his philosophical system, highlighting the significance of intentionality in the act of sensing.
The author, a war correspondent for the Daily Chronicle newspaper in the Balkans in the early part of the Great War, was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in Dec 1916. Early in 1918 after escaping the Bolshevik Red terror in Petrograd, Donohoe accompanied the Bagdad Party that left Britain to reinforce Dunsterforce a semi-guerilla unit commanded by Major General Dunsterville (the original of Stalky in Rudyard Kipling s school novel Stalky & Co. ) Dunsterforce was trying to foment Persian opposition to their Turkish overlords, training indiginous Persian police to take charge of their troubled country; and striving to counter Soviet Communist influence in Persia (Iran) and Transcaucasia. This exciting account, published in association with the Imperial War Museum, describes the events that followed. The text is accompanied by an important and interesting appendix on the Dunsterforce Armoured Car Brigade, and much information on local peoples and their customs. Ilustrated with maps and sixteen photographic plates. A rare account of a forgotten corner of the Great War.