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    The Medieval Octagon of Opposition for Sentences with Quantified Predicates
    History and Philosophy of Logic 35 (4): 354-368. 2014.
    The traditional Square of Opposition consists of four sentence types. Two are universal and two particular; two are affirmative and two negative. Examples, where ‘S’ and ‘P’ designate the subject and the predicate, are: ‘every S is P’, ‘no S is P’, ‘some S is P’ and ‘some S is not P’. Taking the usual sentences of the square of opposition, quantifying over their predicates exhibits non-standard sentence forms. These sentences may be combined into non-standard Squares of Opposition , and they rev…Read more
  •  41
    In this article, after some thoughts on medieval logic and teaching, we present Thomas Murner’s text, Logica memorativa, showing some of his mnemonic strategies for the student to learn logic quickly. Murner offers a type of “flash cards” that illustrate much of the teaching of logic at the beginning of the sixteenth century. The first impression is visual, because the cards do not contain words that illustrate their content. Murner’s exposition rests on analogies between logic themes that are e…Read more
  •  15
    El presente artículo pretende aportar información concisa y útil acerca de un género cinematográfico sumamente apreciado por la crítica: el cine no narrativo. Para ello, en una primera parte se resaltan los fundamentos teóricos, sobre todo antropológicos, que dan a las películas no narrativas su carácter central, tanto estructural como elocutivo, como reflejo de un arte que reproduce el origen de los mitos; en una segunda parte se ofrecen ejemplos concretos de su funcionamiento con base en esos …Read more
  •  13
    El octágono medieval de Oposición para oraciones con predicados cuantificados
    Tópicos: Revista de Filosofía 44 177-205. 2013.
    El cuadrado tradicional de oposición consta de cuatro clases de oraciones: dos universales y dos particulares, dos afirmativas y dos negativas. Ejemplos, donde “S” y “P” designan sujeto y predicado, son: “todo S es P”, “Ningún S es P”, “Algún S es P” y “Algún S no es P”. Tomando estas oraciones y cuantificando sobre los predicados obtenemos formas no usuales que pueden ser combinadas en cuadrados no usuales de oposición y que muestran una relación que no está en el cuadrado tradicional. Los lógi…Read more
  •  12
    La lógica como instrumento del pensamiento fue cultivada en nuestras tierras americanas desde los inicios de la evangelización y a la par de ella. Los autores novohispanos presentan su doctrina lógica haciendo uso del cuadrado de oposición, el cual expanden hasta extremos insospechados. En este artículo quiero mostrar algunos usos del cuadrado para la lógica temporal, la lógica modal y la modalidad cuantificada en Tomás de Mercado. La doctrina lógica contenida en el cuadrado y sus aplicaciones b…Read more
  •  11
    El cuadrado medieval de oposición proposicional y modal, Juan Manuel Campos Benítez
    Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval 14 79. 2007.
    We show a sentence and modal square of opposition and equivalence to be expanded into an hexagon according to oe suggestion from William of Sherwood. This expansión is permittedby two sentence and modal rules.The logical relations of the square allow us to formulate several theorems in order to show a glimpse of the Medieval Logic complexity.
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    La modalidad en dos autores novohispanos vinculados a Salamanca en eñ siglo XVI
    Cuadernos Salmantinos de Filosofía 30 157-164. 2003.
  •  8
    In this article, after some thoughts on medieval logic and teaching, we present Thomas Murner’s text, Logica memorativa, showing some of his mnemonic strategies for the student to learn logic quickly. Murner offers a type of “flash cards” that illustrate much of the teaching of logic at the beginning of the sixteenth century. The first impression is visual, because the cards do not contain words that illustrate their content. Murner’s exposition rests on analogies between logic themes that are e…Read more
  •  7
    Medieval Octagons and the Disparatae Sentences
    Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval 25 143-155. 2018.
    In this paper the medieval octagons of opposition and equivalence are described and analized. One of them, the octagon for quantified predicates, is the simplest one and offers the pattern for the other two, the octagon for predicate with modal qualification and the octagon for quantified genitive and nominative sentences. Thus, the first is the princeps analogum for the other two, whose structure is more complex. Then we describe an internal square inside the octagon, the square of the so-calle…Read more
  •  5
    Reviewed work: Fenomenología viva, by Ángel Xolocotzi Yáñez.[Spanish]
    Eidos: Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad Del Norte 14 257-260. 2011.
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    I describe an octagon of opposition and equivalence developed by fourteenth-century logicians, in particular by Jean Buridan in his Summulae de dialectica. This «square» of opposition displays complex logical relations, one of which is not found in the traditional square of opposition. The octagon allows expression of three kinds of sentences: quantified modal sentences, oblique sentences, and sentences with quantified predicates. The octagon shows that medieval logicians were working with a log…Read more
  •  5
    Tomismo y nominalismo en la lógica novohispana
    Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval 12 135. 2005.
    I present some ideas from medieval thinkers concerning sentences which subject term has no reference and as kif those sentences can admit truth values. I present the ideas of William of Ockham, Jean Buridan and Albert of Saxony, from the nominalist side, and Vicente Ferrer exposing the moderate realism. Then we present two New Spain thinkers, Alonso de la Veracruz and Tomas de Mercado.
  • Book Review (review)
    Eidos: Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad Del Norte 14 257-260. 2011.
  • Literatura, teología y mundos posibles: una manera de leer a Jorge Luis Borges
    Tópicos: Revista de Filosofía 42 (1): 207-222. 2012.
    The notion of possible worlds’ can contribute to a better understanding of literature, particularly fiction. Possible worlds can be traced back to theology, especially in the works of St. Augustine and his notion of merely possible individuals, such as fictional beings. The latter also share theological roots in St. Thomas Aquinas’ thought. These notions are present in the narrative of Jorge Luis Borges, as this paper intends to show.