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Medieval metaphysics, or is it "just semantics"? / edited by Gyula Klima and Alexander W. Hall.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics ; v. 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metaphysics--Congresses.
- Metaphysics.
- Logic, Medieval--Congresses.
- Logic, Medieval.
- Philosophy, Medieval--Congresses.
- Philosophy, Medieval.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (103 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Medieval semantic theories develop out of Aristotle's On Interpretation, in which he notes that "Spoken sounds are symbols of affections in the soul, and written marks symbols of spoken sounds" (tr. J. L. Ackrill, OUP 1984). The medieval commentary tradition elaborates on Aristotle's theory in light of various epistemological and metaphysical commitments, including those entailed by the doctrine of the transcendentals that emerges from the tradition in the writings of Philip the Chancellor (d...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; TRINITARIAN SEMANTICS IN GILBERT OF POITIERS; CONFUSED UNIVOCITY?; CAJETAN ON SCOTUS ON UNIVOCITY; AQUINAS ON THE OBJECT OF THE INTELLECT; AQUINAS, SCOTUS, AND CAJETAN ON "HORSENESS IS JUST HORSENESS"; AQUINAS VS. BURIDAN ON ESSENCE AND EXISTENCE; APPENDIX; CONTRIBUTORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-43613-2
- 9786613436139
- 1-4438-3420-3
- OCLC:
- 820123346
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