Duns Scotus

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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 21
Duns Scotus canonical 12

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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
Holy Roman Empire
doctrine formal distinction
haecceity (thisness)
univocity of being
educatedAt University of Oxford
University of Paris
employer University of Cologne
University of Oxford
University of Paris
era High Middle Ages
Scholasticism
linked to: Scholastic theology
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
Thomas Aquinas
linked to: St. 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 John Duns Scotus
linked to: 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 Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Order of Friars Minor
linked to: Franciscan Order
viewOnWill emphasized primacy of the will over the intellect

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Anselm of Canterbury influenced Duns Scotus
Francisco Suárez influencedBy Duns Scotus
Duns Scotus name John Duns Scotus
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Scholastic theology hasMajorFigure Duns Scotus
William of Ockham influencedBy John Duns Scotus
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Doctor Subtilis refersTo John Duns Scotus
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Doctor Subtilis honorificFor John Duns Scotus
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Doctor Subtilis hasNotableBearer John Duns Scotus
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Duns, Berwickshire notablePersonAssociated John Duns Scotus
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Franciscan School associatedWith John Duns Scotus
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Franciscan School hasKeyFigure John Duns Scotus
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Ordinatio author John Duns Scotus
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Ordinatio mainAuthor John Duns Scotus
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Reportatio Parisiensis author John Duns Scotus
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Reportatio Parisiensis hasAuthorialFigure John Duns Scotus
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Quaestiones quodlibetales author John Duns Scotus
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Scotism namedAfter John Duns Scotus
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Scotism hasMainProponent John Duns Scotus
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Minoritenkirche, Cologne burialPlaceOf John Duns Scotus
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Minoritenkirche, Cologne hasTomb John Duns Scotus
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Peter Lombard influenced Duns Scotus
Duns associatedWithPerson John Duns Scotus
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St. Bonaventure influenced John Duns Scotus
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Scholastic logic hasNotableFigure John Duns Scotus
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University of Paris faculty notableMember John Duns Scotus
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Book I (Peter Lombard's Sentences) influenced Duns Scotus
subject linked to: Book I
Scholasticism associatedWith Duns Scotus