SFB 1150 - Subproject A02: Contingentia and Disputatio: Decision-Making in Scholastic Theory of the Western European Middle Ages
Basic data for this project
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration at the University of Münster: 01/07/2015 - 30/06/2019 | 1st Funding period
Description
From the 12th century onwards, scholastic theory as well as the practice of academic disputation focused on conceptualizing decision-making in social situations. Discussed in a broader context of contingency and free will, decision-making signified an act of independence from all types of predetermined fate. General statements and treatises on decision-making were elaborated out of academic debates, which were taking place particularly in the 14th century at Oxford University as well as (later) at the University of Paris. The ensuing contributions of these debates will be examined in this project as well as how they reflected on social and political realities.
Keywords: academic disputation; decision-making; political realities
Funding identifier: SFB 1150/1
Funder / funding scheme:
- DFG - Collaborative Research Centre (SFB)
Project management at the University of Münster
| Kintzinger, Martin | Professorship of Medieval History (Prof. Kintzinger) |
Applicants from the University of Münster
| Kintzinger, Martin | Professorship of Medieval History (Prof. Kintzinger) |
Research associates from the University of Münster
| Jostkleigrewe, Georg | Professorship of Medieval History (Prof. Kintzinger) |