The aim of this contribution is to provide an updated account of the main trends of Thomism in the analytical field, hoping for greater attention to the origins of the interest in Aquinas on the part of English-speaking philosophers. After having introduced the term “Analytical Thomism” and having analyzed the main strands that can be traced back to it, I will focus on the figure of the Dominican Herbert McCabe, who was among the first to propose comparing the thought of Aquinas to that of Wittgenstein. The final proposal envisages replacing the too generic term of “Analytic Thomism”, replacing it with the more precise ones of “Geachian-Fregean Thomism”, “Wittgensteinian Thomism” and “Grammatical Thomism”.
: Lo scopo di questo contributo consiste nel fornire un resoconto aggiornato delle principali tendenze del tomismo in ambito analitico, auspicando una maggiore attenzione alle origini dell’interesse per Tommaso da parte dei filosofi di lingua inglese. Dopo aver introdotto la dizione di “tomismo analitico” e aver analizzato i principali filoni ad essa riconducibili, ci si soffermerà sulla figura del domenicano Herbert McCabe che fu tra i primi a proporre di accostare il pensiero di Tommaso a quello di Wittgenstein. La proposta conclusiva prevede di sostituire la dizione troppo generica di tomismo analitico, sostituendola con quelle più precise di “tomismo geachiano-fregeano”, “tomismo wittgensteiniano” e “tomismo grammaticale”.
Ritorno alle origini del “tomismo analitico”: il ruolo di Herbert McCabe
Marco Damonte
2024-01-01
Abstract
The aim of this contribution is to provide an updated account of the main trends of Thomism in the analytical field, hoping for greater attention to the origins of the interest in Aquinas on the part of English-speaking philosophers. After having introduced the term “Analytical Thomism” and having analyzed the main strands that can be traced back to it, I will focus on the figure of the Dominican Herbert McCabe, who was among the first to propose comparing the thought of Aquinas to that of Wittgenstein. The final proposal envisages replacing the too generic term of “Analytic Thomism”, replacing it with the more precise ones of “Geachian-Fregean Thomism”, “Wittgensteinian Thomism” and “Grammatical Thomism”.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.