Logic, Medieval Philosophy - General & Miscellaneous
Medieval Modal Systems: Problems and Concepts
Paul Thom, John Marenbon (Editor), Scott MacDonald (Editor), Christopher J. Martin (Editor), Simo Knuuttila
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Overview
Thom (Southern Cross U., Australia) explains that the major medieval systems of model logic were developed between Pierre Abélard in the 12th century and Jean Buridan in the 14th by thinkers trying to reconcile Aristotle's differing and sometimes discordant accounts of it in Prior Analytics and De Interpretatione. He addresses the doctrine he calls actualism, which holds that modal propositions are about the actual things that ordinary propositions are about; and ampliationism, holding that model propositions are about what possibly falls under the subject-terms of corresponding non-modal propositions. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, ORBook Details
Published
February 1, 2004
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Limited
Pages
230
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780754608332