The Problem of Individuation in the Middle Ages

Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy of the Middle Ages (approx. 500-1350), grade: 1,7, LMU Munich (Philosophische Fakultät), course: Introduction to Medieval Philosophy, language: English, abstract: This work is about how the problems of individuation and how it is discussed in the Middle Ages. First it will give an overview about the core area of this philosophy and the problems of individuation generally: what does the term “individuation” mean and why does it lead to problems? What are the problems of individuation and how different philosophers tried to solve them? Then it wants especially show, what Aquinas is thinking about it. Another point of interest will be where this question has its philosophical beginning.