transcendental Thomism
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20th-century philosophical movement
Catholic philosophical movement
school of Thomism
theological movement
Transcendental Thomism is a 20th-century Catholic philosophical and theological movement that reinterprets Thomas Aquinas through the lens of transcendental philosophy, especially Kantian and phenomenological thought, to explore the conditions of human knowledge of God.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| transcendental Thomism canonical | 3 |
| Thomism | 1 |
| Transcendental Thomism | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: transcendental Thomism Context triple: [Karl Rahner, movement, transcendental Thomism]
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Neo-scholasticism
Neo-scholasticism is a modern revival and systematic development of medieval scholastic philosophy and theology, especially associated with the renewed study of Thomas Aquinas in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Reformed scholasticism
Reformed scholasticism is a post-Reformation theological method within the Reformed tradition that systematically applied rigorous scholastic philosophy and logic to articulate and defend Calvinist doctrine.
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Commentaries on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae
Commentaries on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae are influential theological and philosophical lectures by Francisco de Vitoria that helped shape early modern scholasticism and Catholic thought.
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transcendental idealism
Transcendental idealism is Immanuel Kant’s influential theory that human experience of objects is shaped by the mind’s a priori structures, so we can know phenomena as they appear to us but not things-in-themselves.
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Kantian metaphysics
Kantian metaphysics is Immanuel Kant’s critical account of the limits and conditions of human knowledge and experience, which redefines traditional metaphysics by grounding it in the a priori structures of cognition.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: transcendental Thomism Target entity description: Transcendental Thomism is a 20th-century Catholic philosophical and theological movement that reinterprets Thomas Aquinas through the lens of transcendental philosophy, especially Kantian and phenomenological thought, to explore the conditions of human knowledge of God.
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A.
Neo-scholasticism
Neo-scholasticism is a modern revival and systematic development of medieval scholastic philosophy and theology, especially associated with the renewed study of Thomas Aquinas in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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B.
Reformed scholasticism
Reformed scholasticism is a post-Reformation theological method within the Reformed tradition that systematically applied rigorous scholastic philosophy and logic to articulate and defend Calvinist doctrine.
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C.
Commentaries on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae
Commentaries on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae are influential theological and philosophical lectures by Francisco de Vitoria that helped shape early modern scholasticism and Catholic thought.
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D.
transcendental idealism
Transcendental idealism is Immanuel Kant’s influential theory that human experience of objects is shaped by the mind’s a priori structures, so we can know phenomena as they appear to us but not things-in-themselves.
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E.
Kantian metaphysics
Kantian metaphysics is Immanuel Kant’s critical account of the limits and conditions of human knowledge and experience, which redefines traditional metaphysics by grounding it in the a priori structures of cognition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
20th-century philosophical movement
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Catholic philosophical movement ⓘ school of Thomism ⓘ theological movement ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
defend the rationality of faith
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reconcile Thomism with modern philosophy ⓘ show the a priori conditions for the possibility of knowing God ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosopher |
Bernard Lonergan
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Emerich Coreth ⓘ Johann Baptist Lotz NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Maréchal NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Rahner ⓘ Karl-Heinz Weger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Neo-scholasticism
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surface form:
neo-scholastic Thomism
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| developedBy |
Bernard Lonergan
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Emerich Coreth ⓘ Johann Baptist Lotz NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Rahner ⓘ Karl-Heinz Weger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| developedWithinTradition |
Catholic intellectual tradition
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surface form:
Catholic philosophy
Catholic theology ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| employsMethod |
critical reflection on human cognition
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transcendental method ⓘ |
| hasDoctrinalBasisIn |
St. Thomas Aquinas
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surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
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| hasDoctrinalElement |
transcendental anthropology
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transcendental metaphysics ⓘ transcendental theology ⓘ |
| holdsThat |
knowledge of finite beings implicitly refers to infinite being
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the human spirit is dynamically oriented to unrestricted being ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Catholic theology
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post–Vatican II theology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
German idealism
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ transcendental philosophy ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
analogy of being
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intentionality ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ supernatural existential ⓘ transcendental subject ⓘ |
| language | primarily developed in French and German scholarship ⓘ |
| originatedWith | Joseph Maréchal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryConcern |
conditions of possibility of human knowledge of God
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relationship between human subjectivity and knowledge of God ⓘ |
| reinterprets |
St. Thomas Aquinas
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surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
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| seeksToIntegrate |
Aquinas's metaphysics with Kantian epistemology
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Scholastic thought and modern subject-centered philosophy ⓘ |
| viewsHumanPersonAs | oriented toward God ⓘ |
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Subject: transcendental Thomism Description of subject: Transcendental Thomism is a 20th-century Catholic philosophical and theological movement that reinterprets Thomas Aquinas through the lens of transcendental philosophy, especially Kantian and phenomenological thought, to explore the conditions of human knowledge of God.
Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
Thomism
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Transcendental Thomism