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The Thomistic Institute
Divine Naming And Analogy | Joshua Hochschild
Aug 16, 2018
Renowned scholar Joshua Hochschild explores divine naming and analogy in St. Thomas Aquinas' theology, discussing concepts of linguistic and metaphysical analogy, proportional likeness, realism in semantics, evolving meanings, truth-maker theory, negative truths, and SCOTUS concerns about shared meaning in analogy construction.
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- Divine names focus on knowable characteristics of God reflected in creatures.
- Aquinas distinguishes associated meaning from proportional likeness in divine naming.
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Aquinas' Reflections on Divine Names
Aquinas reflects on divine names based on Pseudo-Dionysius' treatise. Unlike other works by Dionysius that exceed reason, divine names focus on God's characteristics knowable through creatures reflecting these attributes from God.
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