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Scotist

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Sco´tist
n.1.(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic.
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In support of Bessarion's involvement in the Plato-Aristotle controversy, Fernando's philosophical and theological writing displayed further allegiance to Scotist thought, joined by identification with his fellow Iberian, Ramon Lull; though Fernando's criticism of the Fraticelli brought out extreme views in support of Papal plenitudo potestatis and clerical wealth that Bessarion did not share.
Fernando of Cordova: A Biographical and Intellectual Profile by Barker, John W. / Renaissance Quarterly
We are inclined to picture medieval universities as battlegrounds for warring schools of thought: Thomists versus Scotists, nominalists vs.
Schools and Scholars in Fourteenth-Century England by Kenny, Anthony / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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