| Type of Document |
Master's Thesis |
| Author |
Edler, Casey
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| Author's Email Address |
cedler1@lsu.edu |
| URN |
etd-07182005-072533 |
| Title |
Aquinas and the Knowledge of God |
| Degree |
Master of Arts (M.A.) |
| Department |
Philosophy & Religious Studies |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Mary Sirridge |
Committee Chair |
| Ian Crystal |
Committee Member |
| Jon Cogburn |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- mystical experience
- religious debate
- aquinas
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| Date of Defense |
2005-07-15 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
This thesis concerns the introduction of mystical knowledge into a debate about God that relies on scientific evidence. The thesis focuses in particular on the relevance of Thomas Aquinas' view of mystical experience. After first presenting Aquinas' theory of rapture as an anticipation of the beatific vision and distinguishing it from other ways of knowing God, I argue that such a theory convincingly renders mystical knowledge inadmissible into a debate about God that relies on scientific evidence, owing to one's inability to either remember or communicate such an experience. As a result, introducing mystical knowledge into the debate causes the religious participants in the debate to appear intellectually inept.
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