Doctor Subtilis

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Doctor Subtilis is the traditional scholastic honorific given to the medieval Franciscan theologian and philosopher John Duns Scotus, renowned for his exceptionally subtle and complex metaphysical and logical thought.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf scholastic honorific title
appliedBy later scholastic commentators
appliedTo John Duns Scotus's logic
John Duns Scotus's metaphysics
associatedWithOrder Franciscan Order
associatedWithTradition medieval scholastic philosophy
characterizes complex logical thought
subtle metaphysical thought
eraOfNotableBearer Middle Ages
fieldOfNotableBearer philosophy
theology
hasNotableBearer Duns Scotus
surface form: John Duns Scotus
honorificFor Duns Scotus
surface form: John Duns Scotus
honorificType academic-theological title
language Latin
literalMeaning Subtle Doctor
refersTo Duns Scotus
surface form: John Duns Scotus
relatedConcept scholastic logic
scholastic metaphysics
relatedTitle Doctor Angelicus
Doctor Seraphicus
usedAs epithet in philosophical literature
usedFor medieval Franciscan theologian
medieval philosopher
usedIn Scholasticism

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Duns Scotus honorificTitle Doctor Subtilis