The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan's De Nominum Analogia

Acknowledgments

— vii Acknowledgments This work began as a doctoral project at the University of Notre Dame, and through its gestation there and subsequent development into the present form I have incurred many debts. I mention first Gyula Klima, who introduced me to medieval philosophy , and from whom I tried to learn as much as possible through my undergraduate and graduate studies. His own comments about Cajetan’s theory of analogy were the seeds of this work, and I hope he doesn’t regret trusting me to cultivate them. At Notre Dame I also had the privilege and challenge of engaging two contemporary authorities on analogy. Fr. David Burrell allowed me to convince him that it might be worth writing on Cajetan ’s theory of analogy, and showed great loyalty when it was most needed. Dr. Ralph McInerny was patient and forgiving; his work and conversations sharpened my wits and improved my arguments, and he arranged for crucial material support during my last year at Notre Dame. As neither of these scholars needs to be reminded, my departures from their interpretations of Cajetan in no way diminish my respect for their work, and only increase my appreciation for their generosity. In researching this study I benefited from correspondence with E.J. Ashworth, Angel d’Ors, William McMahon, and Jöel Lonfat. Thanks also to William McMahon, John Deely, and Fr. Laurence Dewan, O.P., for sharing prepublication manuscripts of their papers. And I am especially grateful to Thomas Osborne for his very helpful comments on substantial portions of the manuscript. Barbara Hanrahan of the University of Notre Dame Press shepherded the work to publication with grace, encouragement, and patience. Two anonymous reviewers gave the manuscript generous attention and detailed commentary, and the work benefited from Margo Shearman’s expert copyediting. Margaret Gloster designed a lovely cover, integrating an image by a former student of mine, David Hancock, who kindly granted permission to reproduce his work. Portions of this work, in earlier versions, appeared as independent articles. Much of what is covered in chapter 3 was published as “Analogy, Semantics, and Hermeneutics: The ‘Concept vs. Judgment ’ Critique of Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia,” in Medieval Philosophy and Theology 11 (2003): 241–60. Much of chapter 4 appeared in “Did Aquinas Answer Cajetan’s Question? Aquinas’s Semantic Rules for Analogy and the Interpretation of De Nominum Analogia,” in Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 77 (2003): 273–88. Parts of chapter 5 appeared in “Logic or Metaphysics in Cajetan’s Theory of Analogy: Can Extrinsic Denomination Be a Semantic Property?” in Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics 1 (2001): 45–69. And some portions of what became chapters 8 and 9 were included in “The Rest of Cajetan’s Analogy Theory: De Nominum Analogia Chapters 4–11,” in International Philo­ sophical Quarterly 45 (2005): 341–56. This research project has received more financial support from more institutions than it deserved. For grants in support of my doctoral studies I owe thanks to the University of Notre Dame, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, the Marguerite Eyer Wilbur Foundation, and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. Special thanks are owed to the Russell Kirk Center for the privilege of a residential fellowship during 1999–2000. Subsequent work on the manuscript was supported by faculty development grants from Wheaton College (Illinois ) and Mount St. Mary’s University. Lastly, my family. I can almost measure my progress on this project by the births of my four lovely children: Stephen Craig, born about halfway through the dissertation; Jeremy Augustine and Helen Mary, who entered the world at different stages of manuscript revision ; and most recently, as I addressed final corrections, Benedict viii — Acknowledgments John. Among other ways in which these four have blessed me, they have been inspirations to work on this book, and inspirations not to. Naturally my greatest debt is to my wife, Paige, who has accompanied this project from the beginning and strengthened it with her faithful support and sacrifice. Acknowledgments — ix ...