Thomas M. Osborne Jr is professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, Houston, USA.
Osborne has synthesized a significant amount of material in a clear, instructive way. The volume concisely testifies to the rich tradition of medieval Aristotelianism, and Osborne expertly points to areas of similarity and dissimilarity in the respective accounts of human action by Aquinas, Scotus, and Ockham, as well as their varying degrees of indebtedness to ancient and Patristic sources. - Journal of the History of Philosophy Readers interested in an overview of action theory in the late medievalperiod will benefit from their time with this book. - American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly An impressive work of scholarship that investigates the similarities and differences with which these thinkers approached these issues. Theresult is a clearly written study in which competing interpretations are juxtaposed so as to illuminate significant differences in these theories of human action. - International Philosophical Quarterly Osborne's scholarship is impeccable, and the book offers an accurate and carefully analyzed account of an important topic in the thought of three of the most important figures of the High Middle Ages. - Choice