The Philosophy of Siger of Brabant and the Tension between Reason and Revelation

• In Event: Reason, Religion, Ideology, and Mass Democracy

Brief Overview

This paper will investigate the relationship between reason and revelation according to the medieval philosopher Siger of Brabant as well as ground for the condemnations of his teaching by the Bishop of Paris Étienne Tempier in 1270 and 1277.

Author

• Eduardo Schmidt Passos, University of Wisconsin-Madison