Scotism
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Scotism is the medieval philosophical and theological tradition derived from the thought of John Duns Scotus, noted for its nuanced metaphysics, theory of individuation, and defense of the Immaculate Conception.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scotism canonical | 4 |
| Scotist school | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scotism Context triple: [Duns Scotus, philosophicalSchool, Scotism]
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A.
The Scots
The Scots is a nickname for the Scots Guards, an elite infantry regiment of the British Army with a long and distinguished history of service.
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B.
Lothian
Lothian is a historic region in southeastern Scotland that encompasses the capital city of Edinburgh and its surrounding areas.
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C.
Gallicanism
Gallicanism was a political-religious doctrine in France that sought to limit papal authority and enhance the power of the French church and monarchy over ecclesiastical matters.
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D.
Three Estates of Scotland
The Three Estates of Scotland were the pre-Union Scottish parliament’s representative bodies of clergy, nobility, and burgh commissioners that together formed the kingdom’s central legislative assembly.
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E.
Kingdom of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent sovereign state in northern Great Britain until its 1707 union with England, with its own monarchy, legal system, and distinct cultural and political institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scotism Target entity description: Scotism is the medieval philosophical and theological tradition derived from the thought of John Duns Scotus, noted for its nuanced metaphysics, theory of individuation, and defense of the Immaculate Conception.
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A.
The Scots
The Scots is a nickname for the Scots Guards, an elite infantry regiment of the British Army with a long and distinguished history of service.
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B.
Lothian
Lothian is a historic region in southeastern Scotland that encompasses the capital city of Edinburgh and its surrounding areas.
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C.
Gallicanism
Gallicanism was a political-religious doctrine in France that sought to limit papal authority and enhance the power of the French church and monarchy over ecclesiastical matters.
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D.
Three Estates of Scotland
The Three Estates of Scotland were the pre-Union Scottish parliament’s representative bodies of clergy, nobility, and burgh commissioners that together formed the kingdom’s central legislative assembly.
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E.
Kingdom of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent sovereign state in northern Great Britain until its 1707 union with England, with its own monarchy, legal system, and distinct cultural and political institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
scholastic philosophical tradition
ⓘ
theological tradition ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Franciscan Order
ⓘ
medieval Franciscan schools ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
formalitas
ⓘ
haecceitas ⓘ thisness ⓘ univocal concept of being ⓘ |
| hasCoreDoctrine |
defense of the Immaculate Conception
ⓘ
distinction between essence and existence without real composition ⓘ formal distinction ⓘ haecceity ⓘ infinite being as first object of metaphysics ⓘ intuitive cognition ⓘ objective being of possibles ⓘ primacy of the will ⓘ synchronic contingency of the will ⓘ univocity of being ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalCenter |
Cologne
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University of Oxford ⓘ La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
|
| hasMainProponent |
Duns Scotus
ⓘ
surface form:
John Duns Scotus
|
| hasNotableFollower |
Antonius Andreas
ⓘ
Francis of Meyronnes ⓘ John of Ripa ⓘ William of Alnwick ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalFocus |
epistemology
ⓘ
ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasViewOnChristology | absolute primacy of Christ ⓘ |
| hasViewOnGod |
God as infinite being
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God known by natural reason and revelation ⓘ |
| hasViewOnIndividuation | individuals are individuated by haecceity ⓘ |
| hasViewOnMariology | Immaculate Conception as fitting and necessary by divine decree ⓘ |
| hasViewOnUniversals | moderate realism about universals ⓘ |
| hasViewOnWill |
voluntarism
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will is superior to intellect in God and humans ⓘ |
| influenced |
Baroque scholasticism
ⓘ
Immaculate Conception ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception
Franciscan theology ⓘ Suarezian scholasticism ⓘ early modern metaphysics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotelianism
ⓘ
Augustinian theology ⓘ
surface form:
Augustinianism
Christian Platonism ⓘ
surface form:
Christian Neoplatonism
|
| languageOfDevelopment | Latin ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Duns Scotus
ⓘ
surface form:
John Duns Scotus
|
| originatedInCentury |
13th century
ⓘ
14th century ⓘ |
| originatedInRegion | Western Europe ⓘ |
| partOf | medieval scholasticism ⓘ |
| rivalTraditionTo |
Nominalism
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Thomism ⓘ |
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Subject: Scotism Description of subject: Scotism is the medieval philosophical and theological tradition derived from the thought of John Duns Scotus, noted for its nuanced metaphysics, theory of individuation, and defense of the Immaculate Conception.
Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
Scotist school