Abstract:

The aim of this contribution is to provide an updated account of the main trends of Thomism in the analytical field, hoping for greater attention to the origins of the interest in Aquinas on the part of English-speaking philosophers. After having introduced the term “Analytical Thomism” and having analyzed the main strands that can be traced back to it, I will focus on the figure of the Dominican Herbert McCabe, who was among the first to propose comparing the thought of Aquinas to that of Wittgenstein. The final proposal envisages replacing the too generic term of “Analytic Thomism”, replacing it with the more precise ones of “Geachian-Fregean Thomism”, “Wittgensteinian Thomism” and “Grammatical Thomism”.

Key words:

Analytical Thomism, Herbert McCabe, Thomistic Historiography, Wittgenstein