The Metaphysical Structure of Finite Being according to James of Viterbo (Ph.D. The Catholic University of America, 1998, 367 pp.).

Making use of his recently edited Quodlibet Questions and De praedicamentis in divinis the dissertation presents a historical reconstruction of James' metaphysics of finite being... Chapters I-III examine disposition on issues involving essence and existence. Ch. IV-V deal with substance and accident. Ch. VI-VII are concerned with problems arising from the composition of matter and form... James possesses a highly personal metaphysics that cannot be reduced to that of other thinkers. The dissertation finds evidence for including James within the Neo-Augustinian movement of his day.