The Arguments of Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas was not just a theologian but one of the world's most significant philosophers. MacIntosh provides a thorough analysis of the key themes in Aquinas's writings from a specifically philosophical perspective. Topics covered demonstrate the range of his ideas including, causality, the existence of God, the soul, method and morality.

J. J. MacIntosh is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Calgary. His publications include Boyle on Atheism, and papers in Mind, The Thomist, Franciscan Studies, Religious Studies, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, etc. His research interests include philosophy of religion, history of philosophy, and history and philosophy of science.

Introduction Part I: Natural Philosophy 1. Necessity and possibility 2. Causality 3. Time and motion 4. Time and infinity Part II: Natural Theology 5. God's existence 6. God's attributes 7. Foreknowledge and freedom Part III: Human Beings 8. Epistemology and philosophy of mind 9. Souls and immortality 10. Morality and method: Aquinas on lying and unnatural practices