Aquinas's Concept of Knowledge and its Application to Giraffes and the Afterlife

The speakers delve into Aquinas's concept of knowledge, which involves acquiring all the essential properties of an object. They discuss the poor knowledge of giraffes in Paris in the 13th century and explore Aquinas's perspective on knowledge in the afterlife, where our understanding will be focused on God. They also touch upon Scotus' views on knowledge and the role of sensory information in acquiring knowledge.