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The problem of universals from Boethius to John of Salisbury / by Robert Pinzani.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pinzani, Roberto.
- Series:
- Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 282.
- Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 22
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universals (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Brill.
- Summary:
- The problem of universals is one of the main philosophical issues. In this book the author reconstructs the history of the problem considering a selection of medieval representative texts and authors. The source of medieval and postmedieval debate is identified in the Socratic-Platonic survey on the definition of concepts. In the Categories , Aristotle discusses important topics concerning the relations that exist between logical terms. In particular he establishes a kind of predication principle: categorial terms have a certain predication relation if (and only if) some facts expressed by ordinary sentences hold. The Categories also because of their particular disciplinary status, halfway between logic and metaphysics, leave a number of questions open. Among these questions, a particularly intriguing one is Porphyry's riddle: are there genera and species? And, if there are such things, what are they like?
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright page
- Introduction
- The Problem
- Boethius on General Terms
- The Metaphysical System of Scotus Eriugena
- Realist Theories in the 11th-12th Centuries
- The 'Nominal' Stance: Garland the Computist and Abelard's Literal Glosses1
- Walter of Mortagne and the Identity Theory
- The De Generibus et Speciebus and the Theory of Collectio
- The Position of Abelard on Porphyry
- Gilbert of Poitiers
- John of Salisbury on Universals
- Back Matter
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-37115-X
- OCLC:
- 1043913904
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004371156 DOI
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