Conscience as Cognition: Phenomenological Complementing of Aquinas's Theory of Conscience

by Jan Krokos

Overview

This study analyzes conscience as a specific cognition, as an axiological consciousness of a human act. The departure point of this study is Thomas Aquinas's teaching about conscience. Its complementing with phenomenology is to visualise the informational aspect of conscience, which was adopted by Thomas, but insufficiently explicated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631627013
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	10/08/2013
Series:	European Studies in Theology, Philosophy and History of Religions , #7
Pages:	221
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jan Krokos is Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Christian Philosophy at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University (Poland). He studied and acquired a PhD at the Catholic University of Lublin (Poland). He carries out research on the theory of knowledge, the methodology of philosophy, and the relation of religion, science and philosophy. In his research, he refers to three philosophical traditions: Thomism, Phenomenology and Analytical Philosophy.

Table of Contents

Contents: Conscience – Consciousness – Cognition – Knowledge – Human Act – Theory of Knowledge – Epistemology – Ethics – Thomism – Phenomenology.