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  • Chapter 4 - Intermediary Theories and Strict Intellectualism

  • from Part I - Free Will
  • Tobias Hoffmann, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC
  • Book:
    Free Will and the Rebel Angels in Medieval Philosophy
    Published online:
    26 November 2020
    Print publication:
    03 December 2020, pp 93-118

  • Summary

    Chapter 4 studies three theories of free will of the late thirteenth century: two that are midway between intellectualism and voluntarism, and one that is strictly intellectualist. Giles of Rome starts from the intellectualist assumption that the cognized object causes the will’s act, but makes a voluntarist concession in assuming that the will controls which aspects of the object end up moving the will. John of Morrovalle (also known as John of Murro) starts from the idea that the will moves itself, but makes the intellectualist concession that the cognized object causes a disposition in the will that predisposes the will in making a choice. Godfrey of Fontaines rejects both solutions and argues that the cognized object alone causes the will’s act. While Giles and Morrovalle grant the will some direct control of its choices, Godfrey considers control necessarily mediated by practical deliberation. In the last analysis, Godfrey leaves the question of how we control our deliberation unanswered.