Summulae de dialectica / John Buridan ; an annotated translation, with a philosophical introduction, by Gyula Klima.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buridan, Jean, 1300-1358.

Contributor:

Klima, Gyula.

Series:

Yale library of medieval philosophy.

Yale library of medieval philosophy

Standardized Title:

Logic. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Logic, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1095 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

Latin

Summary:

This volume is the first annotated translation in any language of the entire text of the Summulae de dialectica, by the Parisian master of arts John Buridan (1300-1358). One of the most influential works in the history of late medieval philosophy, the Summulae is Buridan's systematic exposition of his nominalist philosophy of logic. Buridan's doctrine spread rapidly and for some two hundred years was dominant at many European universities. His work is of increasing interest today not only to historians of medieval philosophy but also to modern philosophers, several of whom find in Buridan's ideas important clues to problems of contemporary philosophy. Gyula Klima provides a substantial introduction to Buridan's life and work and discusses his place in the history of logic. Through extensive notes Klima assists philosopher and medievalist alike to read Buridan with understanding and insight. Those with a philosophical interest in the relations among the structures of language, thought, and reality will find much to ponder in the Summulae.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Treatise 1: On propositions ; 1.1. Chapter 1: Some preliminarie ; 1.2. Chapter 2: On names, verb s, and expressions; 1.3. Chapter 3: On propositions ; 1.4. Chapter 4: On the opposition of categorical propositions ; 1.5. Chapter 5: On the equipollence of propositions ; 1.6. Chapter 6: On the conversions of propositions ; 1.7. Chapter 7: On hypothetical propositions ; 1.8. Chapter 8 : On modal propositions; 2. Treatise 2: On predicables ; 2.1. Chapter 1: On the predicables ; 2.2. Chapter 2: On genus ; 2.3. Chapter 3: On species

2.4. Chapter 4: On difference 2.5. Chapter 5: On property; 2.6. Chapter 6: On accident ; 2.7. Chapter 7: The common and proper features of predicables ; 3. Treatise 3: On categories ; 3.1. Chapter 1: Some preliminaries ; 3.2. Chapter 2: On substance; 3.3. Chapter 3: On quantity; 3.4. Chapter 4: On relation [ad aliquid]; 3.5. Chapter 5: On quality; 3.6. Chapter 6: On action and passion; 3.7. Chapter 7: On time, place, position, and habit; 3.8. Chapter 8: On the genera of opposition; 3.9. Chapter 9: On motion; 3.10. Chapter 10: On 'prior', 'together', and 'to have'

4. Treatise 4: On suppositions4.1. Chapter 1: The difference between signification and supposition; 4.2. Chapter 2: Divisions of utterances signifying by convention; 4.3. Chapter 3: The common modes and sorts of supposition; 4.4. Chapter 4: On the supposition and acceptation of relative terms; 4.5. Chapter 5: On appellation; 4.6. Chapter 6: On ampliation and restriction; 5. Treatise 5: On syllogisms; 5.1. Chapter 1: Some general preliminaries; 5.2. Chapter 2: The modes of the three figures; 5.3. Chapter 3: About the first figure; 5.4. Chapter 4: About the second figure

5.5. Chapter 5: About the third figure5.6. Chapter 6: About non-mixed modal syllogisms; 5.7. Chapter 7: On mixed modal syllogisms; 5.8. Chapter 8: On syllogisms with oblique terms and on reduplicative syllogisms; 5.9. Chapter 9: About syllogisms with infinite terms; 5.10. Chapter 10: On the powers of syllogisms; 6. Treatise 6: On dialectical loci; 6.1. Chapter 1: Some general preliminaries; 6.2. Chapter 2: Description of locus and some classifications of loci; 6.3. Chapter 3: On loci from substance; 6.4. Chapter 4: On loci from the concomitants of substance; 6.5. Chapter 5: On extrinsic loci

6.6. Chapter 6: On intermediate loci7. Treatise 7: On fallacies; 7.1. Chapter 1: General remarks; 7.2. Chapter 2: On the division of fallacies; 7.3. Chapter 3: On fallacies of words; 7.4. Chapter 4: On fallacies apart from words; 7.5. Chapter 5: On how the fallacies are naturally capable of leading to the metas; 7.6. Chapter 6: On the solution of paralogisms; 8. Treatise 8: On demonstrations; First subject matter: On divisions; 8.1. Preface; Second subject matter: On definitions; 8.2 . Introduction; Third subject matter: On demonstrations; 8.3. Introduction

8.4. The comparison of demonstration and dialectical argument, and of knowledge and opinion

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 999-1016) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-73116-1

9786611731168

0-300-13286-7

OCLC:

923588166