Great post! Love medieval philosophy. Mentor in this was the late great Francis Kovach. I had several chauvinisms that studying MP helped with. 1. Analytic chauvinism Assumed the pinnacle was Frege, Carnap, Quine, Kripke, et al. 2. Temporal chauvinism. Assumed really important philosophy started in the last three centuries. 3. Gender chauvinism. Assumed the quality philosophy was solely the province of males. 4. Cultural chauvinism. Assumed the only good philosophy was a Western development. Didn't know the highly sophisticated medieval philosophy being done in East Asia by thinkers like Dogen, Chinul, Tsongkhapa, Longchenpa, etc. Three cheers for Medieval Philosophy!
Great post! Love medieval philosophy. Mentor in this was the late great Francis Kovach. I had several chauvinisms that studying MP helped with. 1. Analytic chauvinism Assumed the pinnacle was Frege, Carnap, Quine, Kripke, et al. 2. Temporal chauvinism. Assumed really important philosophy started in the last three centuries. 3. Gender chauvinism. Assumed the quality philosophy was solely the province of males. 4. Cultural chauvinism. Assumed the only good philosophy was a Western development. Didn't know the highly sophisticated medieval philosophy being done in East Asia by thinkers like Dogen, Chinul, Tsongkhapa, Longchenpa, etc. Three cheers for Medieval Philosophy!