Nature-culture continuities in medieval philosophy and theology

虽然在现代哲学中，自然和文化往往是相互对立的，但在中世纪的思想中，这两个领域之间存在着许多连续性。该项目将对中世纪拉丁哲学和神学中的自然-文化连续性进行第一次持续的历史研究，考察以下领域：认知；语言；符号学；伦理和政治；动物性；生态学；形而上学；和上帝。该项目将填补中世纪思想史上的一个重大空白，增强澳大利亚在哲学史和神学史方面的研究能力，并展示中世纪思想如何为当代关于人类与自然世界关系的辩论提供信息。

While nature and culture tend to be opposed to one another in modern philosophy, in medieval thought there are many continuities between the two domains. This project will provide the first sustained historical study of nature-culture continuities in medieval Latin philosophy and theology, examining the areas of: cognition; language; semiotics; ethics and politics; animality; ecology; metaphysics; and God. The project will fill a significant gap in medieval intellectual history, enhance Australia’s research capacity in the history of philosophy and history of theology, and demonstrate how medieval ideas can inform contemporary debates about humanity’s relationship to the natural world.