Duns Scotus

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Catholic theologian Franciscan friar Scholastic philosopher human medieval philosopher philosopher theologian

Duns Scotus was a medieval Franciscan theologian and philosopher known for his subtle metaphysical thought and for formulating a key defense of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.

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John Duns Scotus 1

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instanceOf Catholic theologian ⓘ
Franciscan friar ⓘ
Scholastic philosopher ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval philosopher ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
beatificationDate 1993-03-20 ⓘ
beatifiedBy Pope John Paul II ⓘ
birthDate circa 1266 ⓘ
birthPlace Duns, Berwickshire (traditional attribution) ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace Minoritenkirche, Cologne ⓘ
canonizationStatus beatified ⓘ
citizenship Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate 1308-11-08 ⓘ
deathPlace Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
doctrine formal distinction ⓘ
haecceity (thisness) ⓘ
univocity of being ⓘ
educatedAt University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer University of Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
Scholastic theology ⓘ
surface form: Scholasticism
fieldOfWork ethics ⓘ
logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
theology ⓘ
honorificTitle Doctor Subtilis ⓘ
influenced Franciscan School ⓘ
Francisco Suárez ⓘ
late medieval scholasticism ⓘ
modern metaphysics ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Bonaventure ⓘ
St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Aquinas
knownFor defense of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception ⓘ
doctrine of the univocity of being ⓘ
formal distinction (distinctio formalis) ⓘ
subtle metaphysical analysis ⓘ
theory of haecceity ⓘ
voluntarism in ethics ⓘ
languageOfWork Latin ⓘ
name Duns Scotus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Duns Scotus
notableWork Ordinatio ⓘ
Quaestiones in Metaphysicam Aristotelis ⓘ
Quaestiones quodlibetales ⓘ
Reportatio Parisiensis ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Scotism ⓘ
positionOnImmaculateConception argued that Mary was preserved from original sin from the first instant of her conception ⓘ
regionOfActivity England ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
religiousOrder Franciscan Order ⓘ
surface form: Order of Friars Minor
viewOnWill emphasized primacy of the will over the intellect ⓘ

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Scholastic theology → hasMajorFigure → Duns Scotus ⓘ
Anselm of Canterbury → influenced → Duns Scotus ⓘ
Francisco Suárez → influencedBy → Duns Scotus ⓘ
Duns Scotus → name → Duns Scotus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Duns Scotus