Ockham's 'Summa logicae' : a critical guide / edited by Claude Panaccio, Jenny Pelletier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Panaccio, Claude, 1946- editor.

Pelletier, Jenny E., editor.

Series:

Cambridge critical guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

William, of Ockham, approximately 1285-approximately 1349. Summa logicae.

William.

Logic.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Philosophy, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 313 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"William of Ockham's Summa Logicae (The Sum of Logic), composed in the mid-1320s, is a major work in the history of Western philosophy. It was highly influential for several centuries following its appearance. Ostensibly a textbook on logic, the work is an essential resource for understanding Ockham's philosophical project at large and contains numerous innovative ideas about thought, language, and ontology that are now attracting much interest in contemporary philosophy. Despite an abundant growth in Ockham scholarship in recent decades, this Critical Guide is the first collection of essays to be devoted to the Summa Logicae. The volume covers a wide range of topics, including nominalism, metalanguage, modes of signifying, Ockham's theory of the categorical syllogism, and modal logic. It provides both fresh perspectives on existing debates and new contributions on topics that have not yet entered mainstream scholarship on Ockham"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Metaphysical methodology in Ockham's Summa logicae I : against the semantics-first reading of Ockham's nominalism / Susan Brower-Toland

Ockham and syncategoremata / Calvin G. Normore

Ockham on Metalanguage / J.T. Paasch

Ockham's moderate modism : modes of signifying in the Summa logicae / Milo Crimi

Relations in Summa logicae / Rondo Keele

The threat of pernicious ambiguity : supposition and use in Ockham's mental speech / Jon Borndholt, Sonja Schierbaum

Ontology and Ockham's account of truth conditions for tensed propositions / Nate Bulthuis

Ockham's modal logic / Lu Jiang

Theory of demonstration : what is demonstrable in a contingent world? / Joël Biard

The obligationes of William of Ockham / Sara L. Uckelman

Ockham on the liar paradox / Riccardo Strobino

Ockham on figurative discourse / Claude Panaccio.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 12, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Ockham's 'Summa logicae'

ISBN:

9781009288743

1009288741

9781009288750

100928875X

OCLC:

1515525397

Access Restriction:

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