Logica, or Summa Lamberti / Lambert of Auxerre ; translated with Notes and Introduction by Thomas S. Maloney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lambert, of Auxerre, active 1250.

Contributor:

Maloney, Thomas S., editor, translator.

Standardized Title:

Logica (Summa Lamberti). English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Logic--Early works to 1800.

Logic.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

xlix, 442 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Summa Lamberti

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, [2015]

Summary:

The thirteenth-century logician Lambert of Auxerre was well known for his Summa Lamberti, or simply Logica, written in the mid-1250s, which became an authoritative textbook on logic in the Western tradition. Our knowledge of medieval logic comes in great part from Lambert's Logica and three other texts: William of Sherwood's Introductiones in logicam, Peter of Spain's Tractatus, and Roger Bacon's Summulae dialectics . Of the four, Lambert's work is the best example of question-summas that proceed principally by asking and answering questions on the subject matter. Thomas S. Maloney's translation of Logica, the only complete translation of this work in any language, is a milestone in the study of medieval logic. More than simply a translation, Maloney's project is a critical, comprehensive study of Lambert's logic situated in the context of his contemporaries and predecessors. As such, it offers a wealth of annotation and commentary. The lengthy introduction and extensive notes to the text explain the origin, theoretical context, and intricacies of the text and its doctrines. Maloney also addresses the disputed issues of authorship, date, and place of publication of the Summa Lamberti and makes available to the English-only audience the French, German, and Italian secondary sources--all translated--that are needed to enter the discussion. "Thomas S. Maloney fully commands the primary and secondary sources necessary to elucidate Lambert's Logica . An expert on Roger Bacon's philosophy, he demonstrates a rare proficiency in medieval Latin and scholastic logic. His references to sources from the ancient (Aristotle and Boethius) and medieval worlds are apposite, perspicuous, and useful. The volume's presentation with an appropriate introduction and commentary in the endnotes will no doubt establish it as an indispensable resource for scholars in the twenty-first century." --Alan Perreiah, University of Kentucky

Contents:

Translation of Logica, or Summa Lamberti

Chapter 1 Propositions 3

Preliminary Remarks 3

Sound 6

Words 8

Names 11

Verbs 12

Expressions 13

Propositions 14

Categorical Propositions 15

Hypothetical Propositions 18

Categorical Propositions, continued 20

Conversion 23

Equipollency 29

Modal Propositions 32

Chapter 2 Predicables 59

Genus 61

Species 65

Differentiae 66

Proprium 72

Accident 74

Chapter 3 Categories 77

Preliminary Remarks 77

Substance 83

Quantity 88

Relation 93

Quality 98

Action 109

Passion 111

When 112

Where 113

Position 114

Possession 115

Chapter 4 Remarks After the Categories 117

Comment on the Chapter Title 117

Four Kinds of Opposition 118

Priority 122

Concomitance 123

Change 123

Possession 124

Chapter 5 Syllogism 125

Argument and Argumentation 125

Four Species of Argumentation 131

Syllogism in Detail 135

Material and Formal Principles of Syllogisms 135

Perfect and Imperfect Syllogisms 136

To-Be-Said-of-All and To-Be Said-of-None 137

Quality and Quantity of Syllogisms 137

Figures of a Syllogism 139

Chapter 6 Topics 147

Definition of 'Topic' 147

Maxims and Differentiae of Maxims 148

Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Intermediate Topics 149

Intrinsic Topics from Substance 150

The Topic from Definition 150

The Topic from Description 152

The Topic from the Explanation of a Name 152

Intrinsic Topics from Concomitants of Substance 153

The Topic from a Whole 153

The Topic from a Part 155

Additional Topics from a Whole 157

The Topics from Cause and Effect 160

The Topics from Generation and What Is Generated 162

The Topics from Destruction and What Is Destroyed 162

The Topic from Uses 162

The Topic from Associated Accidents 163

Extrinsic Topics 163

The Topic from Authority 163

The Topics from a Greater and a Lesser 164

The Topic from a Similar 164

The Topic from Proportion 165

The Topic from Opposites 165

The Topic from Disparates 168

The Topic from Transumption 168

Intermediate Topics 168

The Topic from Conjugates 169

The Topic from Cases 169

The Topic from Division 170

Chapter 7 Sophistical Topics 173

Dialectical and Sophistical Syllogisms 173

Dialectical and Sophistical Disputations 175

Goals of Disputation 176

Fallacies 179

Preliminary Remarks 179

The Fallacy of Equivocation 181

The Fallacy of Amphiboly 187

The Fallacies of Composition and Division 191

The Fallacy of Composition 194

The Fallacy of Division 200

The Fallacy of Accent 204

The Fallacy of the Figure of a Word 208

The Fallacy of Accident 214

The Fallacy of In a Certain Respect and Absolutely 225

The Fallacy of Ignorance Regarding Refutation 231

The Fallacy of Begging the Original Issue 236

The Fallacy of Consequent 241

The Fallacy of Treating What Is Not a Cause as a Cause 246

The Fallacy of Treating More than One Question as One 249

Chapter 8 Properties of Terms 253

Signification 253

Supposition 255

Copulation 256

Kinds of Suppositions 258

Appellation 261

Ampliation 281

Distribution 282

Relation 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-431) and indexes.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Lambert, of Auxerre, active 1250. Logica (Summa Lamberti). English. Logica, or Summa Lamberti.

ISBN:

9780268035358

0268035350

OCLC:

898158853