is ▁on ▁dialect ical ▁reasoning . ▁The ▁primary ▁purpose ▁of ▁sch ol astic ism ▁was ▁to ▁find ▁the ▁answer ▁to ▁a ▁question ▁or ▁resolve ▁a ▁contradiction . ▁It ▁is ▁most ▁well ▁known ▁in ▁its ▁application ▁in ▁medieval ▁the ology , ▁but ▁was ▁eventually ▁applied ▁to ▁classical ▁philosophy ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁fields ▁of ▁study . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century ▁there ▁was ▁an ▁attempted ▁supp ression ▁of ▁various ▁groups ▁perce ived ▁as ▁heter odox , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁C ath ars ▁and ▁Wald ens ians ▁and ▁the ▁associated ▁rise ▁of ▁the ▁m end ic ant ▁orders ▁( not ably ▁the ▁Francis c ans ▁and ▁Domin icans ), ▁in ▁part ▁intended ▁as ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁orth odox ▁alternative ▁to ▁the ▁her et ical ▁groups . ▁ ▁Those ▁two ▁orders ▁quickly ▁became ▁context s ▁for ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁inten se ▁sch ol astic ▁the olog izing , ▁producing ▁such ▁' high ▁sch ol astic ' ▁the olog ians ▁as ▁Alexander ▁of ▁H ales ▁( Fran cis can ) ▁and ▁Thomas ▁Aqu inas ▁( D omin ican ), ▁or ▁the ▁rather ▁less ▁obviously ▁sch ol astic ▁Bon av ent ure ▁( Fran cis can ). ▁There ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁fl our ishing ▁of ▁myst ical ▁the ology , ▁with ▁women ▁such ▁as ▁Me ch th ild ▁of ▁Mag de burg ▁playing ▁a ▁prominent ▁role . ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁century ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁period ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁Natural ▁Philosoph y ▁that ▁could ▁an ach ron ist ically ▁be ▁called ▁'