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Aither 12/2014 (International issue no. 3):32-53 | DOI: 10.5507/aither.2014.017

Reading Aquinas in the Renaissance: Dominic of Flanders on the Imagination and Phantasm

Brian Garcia
Hoger Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte, KU Leuven

This paper takes up the 15th century thinker, Dominic of Flanders, as a reader of Thomas Aquinas and indeed a representative of Renaissance Thomism. The topic at hand is Dominic's presentation of phantasia, or imagination, and the phantasma. The phantasm, of course, plays a prominent role in the Aristotelian model of intellectual cognition, yet seems to remain a somewhat vague concept. We will show some of Dominic's peculiar characterizations of the phantasm. In the background of our analysis is a broader reflection concerning methodology. It is suggested that in order to judge better Dominic as a reader of Thomas, a static understanding of the latter must be avoided, and rather that his doctrine be problematized. By drawing attention to certain ambiguities in Thomas' characterizations of the phantasm and the role of the imagination, we can better situate Dominic's interpretation.

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Garcia, B. (2014). Reading Aquinas in the Renaissance: Dominic of Flanders on the Imagination and Phantasm. Aither, 6(12), 32-53. doi: 10.5507/aither.2014.017
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