TY - BOOK ID - 46372362 TI - Kreative Gegensätze : der Streit um den Nutzen der Philosophie an der mittelalterlichen Pariser Universität PY - 2019 VL - 55 SN - 09266070 SN - 9789004380417 9004380418 9004399518 PB - Leiden : Koninklijke Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Education, Medieval KW - Philosophy, Medieval KW - Université de Paris KW - History KW - Curricula KW - Education, Medieval. KW - Learning and scholarship in literature. KW - Philosophy, Medieval. KW - Medieval philosophy KW - Scholasticism KW - Education KW - Medieval education KW - Seven liberal arts KW - Civilization, Medieval KW - Learning and scholarship KW - Université de Paris KW - History. KW - Curricula. KW - Paris-Sorbonne university KW - University of Paris UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46372362 AB - In Kreative Gegensätze Marcel Bubert analyses the debates among medieval scholastics on the social usefulness of learned knowledge in their specific social and cultural contexts. In particular, he shows how the skepticism towards the scholars as well as the tensions between the University of Paris, the French royal court, and the citizens of Paris had profound effects on the scientific community, and led to very different views on the utility of philosophy. Some Masters responded to the expectations of society by emphasizing the autonomy of philosophical cognition. Others departed radically from this notion of science “for its own sake”, and created decidedly “practical” concepts of knowledge. The examination of these contentious relations shows how the dynamics of mutual demarcation within this “constellation” became intellectually prolific by way of generating highly original and innovative responses to the question of the utility of philosophy. ER -