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39Walter Burley and the Obligationes attributed to William of SherwoodHistory and Philosophy of Logic 4 (1-2): 9-26. 1983.The history of the mediaeval obligationes-literature has only recently begun to be studied. Two important treatises in this literature, one by Walter Burley and the other attributed to William of Sherwood, have been edited by Romuald Green in a forthcoming book. But there is considerable doubt concerning the authenticity of the text attributed to Sherwood. The correct attribution and dating of this treatise is crucial for our understanding of the history of this literature. In this paper, we arg…Read more
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11Five Texts on the Mediaeval Problem of Universals: Porphyry, Boethius, Abelard, Duns Scotus, OckhamHackett Publishing. 1994.New translations of the central mediaeval texts on the problem of universals are presented here in an affordable edition suitable for use in courses in mediaeval philosophy, history of mediaeval philosophy, and universals. Includes a concise Introduction, glossary of important terms, notes, and bibliography.
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21Language and Logic in the Post-Medieval Period. By E.J. Ashworth. Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Publishing Company. 1974. Pp. xvi, 304. $39.00 (review)Dialogue 15 (2): 333-340. 1976.
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17Ockham on Terms of First and Second Imposition and Intention, with Remarks on the Liar ParadoxVivarium 19 (n/a): 47. 1981.
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7John Marenbon, "From the Circle of Alcuin to the School of Auxerre: Logic, Theology, and Philosophy in the Early Middle Ages" (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 21 (1): 98. 1983.
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67seem to be a kind of corruption of the elements and not a mixture. Again, if the substantial form of a mixed body is the act of matter without presupposing the forms of simple bodies, then the simple bodies of the elements will lose their definition (rationem). For an element is that of which something is primarily composed, and exists in it and is indivisible ac-.
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28Three theories of obligationes: Burley, Kilvington and Swyneshed on Counterfactual ReasoningHistory and Philosophy of Logic 3 (1): 1-32. 1982.This paper defends the thesis that the mediaeval genre of logical treatises De obligatiombus contained a theoretical account of counterfacutal reasoning, perhaps the first such account in the history of philosophy. This interpretation helps to explain some of the theoretical disputes in the obligationes literature in the first half of the fourteenth century. Section 1 is introductory. Section 2 presents Walter Burley's theory, while section 3 argues for the counterfactual interpretation of oblig…Read more
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154Apart from his Consolation of Philosophy, perhaps the most well known text of Boethius is his discussion of universals in the Second Commentary on Porphyry’s Isagoge.1 In that passage, he first reviews the arguments for and against the existence of universal entities, and then offers a theory he attributes to Alexander of Aphrodisias, a kind of theory called in recent times “moderate realism,” according to which there are no universal entities in the ontology of the world, but nevertheless there…Read more
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12Priority of Analysis and the Predicates of "O"-form SentencesFranciscan Studies 36 (1): 263-270. 1976.
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1Anselm and the Background to Adam Wodeham's Theory of Abstract and Concrete TermsRivista di Storia Della Filosofia 43 (2): 261-271. 1988.
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19The Treatises On Modal Propositions and On Hypothetical Propositions by Richard LavenhamMediaeval Studies 35 (1): 49-59. 1973.
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16On "Insoluble" Sentences. Chapter One of Rules for Solving SophismsPhilosophical Quarterly 31 (122): 70. 1981.
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7Notes on Richard Lavenham's So-Called "Summulae Logicales," with a Partial Edition of the TextFranciscan Studies 40 (1): 370-407. 1980.
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13The mediaeval liar: a catalogue of the insolubilia-literaturePontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. 1975.
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34Some Epistemological Implications of the Burley-Ockham DisputeFranciscan Studies 35 (1): 212-222. 1976.
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25Do composers have to be performers too?Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 49 (4): 365-369. 1991.
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