INTRODUCTION: THE LOGICA VETUS: TEXTS AVAILABLE IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
"Our point of departure will be an inventory of the exact quantum of knowledge of logic which was possessed during the period. The exact
limits of this have been definitely established by the exhaustive researches of Jourdain, (1) Cousin, (2), De Rémusat, (3) Hauréau, (4) and Prantl. (5)
According to these investigators only the following logical treatises, from which others were derived, were known and used in Western Europe
until the end of the twelfth century.
I. Capella's section on Logic in his Encyclopedia.
II. Augustine's, Principia Dialecticae and the pseudo Augustinian Categoriae decem ex Aristotele decreptae
III. Cassiodorus's section De Dialectica.
IV. The numerous logical works of Boethius, classified as follows:
A. Translations,
1. Porphyry's Isagoge.
2. Aristotle's Categories.
3. Aristotle's De Interpretatione.
B Commentaries,
1. On Victorinus's translation of Porphyry's Isagoge.
2. On his own translation of the Isagoge.
3. On Aristotle's Categories.
4. On Aristotle's De Interpretatione (2 editions).
5. On Cicero's Topica.
C. Original works,
1. An introduction to the categorical syllogism.
2. On the categorical syllogism.
3. On the hypothetical syllogism.
4. De Divisione.
5. De Definitione. [this work was wrongly attributed to Boethius in the Middlle Ages, but the author is Marius Victorinus]
6. De Differentiis Topicis.
V. Isidore of Seville's section De Arte Dialectica in his Etymologiae."
From: Paul Abelson - The Seven Liberal Arts. A study in mediaeval culture - New York: Teachers' College, Columbia University 1906,
pp. 73-74
(1) Jourdain, Recherches Critiques sur l'Age et l'Origine des Traductions Latines d'Aristote, Paris, 1845.
(2)Victor Cousin, "Introduction aux Ouvrages inedits d'Abélard" in Collection des Documents Inédits sur l'Histoire de France, Vol.
XXIV, 1836.
(3) De Rémusat, Abélard, 2 Vols. 1845.
(4) Hauréau, De la Philosophie Scolastique, 1850.
(5) Prantl, Geschichte der Logik im Abendlande, Vol. 2,1861.
History of Medieval Logic after Boethius to Late Scholasticism
Early Medieval Latin Logicians
Marius Victorinus (4th century)
Martianus Capella (5th century)
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c. 480 - 524 or 525)
Thomas of Erfurt (first quarter of the 14th century)
Peter Aureoli (ca 1280 - 1322)
Walter Burley (c. 1275 - 1344)
Gregory of Rimini (c. 1300 - 1358)
John Wyclif (c. 1330 - 1384)
Albert of Saxony (ca 1316 - 1390)
Peter of Ailly (c. 1350 - 1420)
Paul of Venice (c. 1369 - 1429)
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Kneepkens C.H., and De Rijk Lambertus Marie. Nijmegen: Ingenium Publishers 1981.
Acts of the 4th European Symposium on mediaeval logic and semantics. Leiden-Nijmegen, 23-27 April 1979.
Table of Contents: Preface VII; List of Participants VIII; L.M. de Rijk: Abailard's semantic views in the light of later developments 1; Notes 53; C.H.
Kneepkens: Robert Blund and the theory of
Evocation 59; Notes 82; Klaus Jacobi: Wilhelm von Shyreswood und die Dialectica Monacensis 99; Notes and Appendix 116; H.A.G. Braakhuis): English
Tracts on syncategorematic
terms from Robert Bacon to Walter Burley 131; Notes and Appendix 150; Karin Margareta Fredborg: Roger Bacon on "Impositio vocis ad significandum" 167; Notes
and Appendix 180; Alain de Libera: Roger Bacon et le problème de l'appellatio univoca193; Notes 222; Osmund Lewry: The Oxford condemnations of 1277 in
grammar and logic 235; Notes 254; N. J. Green-Pedersen: Walter Burley, De Consequentiis and the origin of the oheory of Consequence 279; Notes 298; J.
Pinborg: Walter Burley on Exclusives 305; Notes and Appendices 321; Sten Ebbesen: Suprasegmental phonemes in ancient and mediaeval logic 331; Notes and
Appendix 345; Paul Desmond Henry: Suppositio and Significatio in English Logic 361; Notes 381; Elizabeth Karger: Would Ockham have shaved
Wyman's beard? 389; Notes 408; H. Hubien: Buridan and Lesniewski on the Copula 415; Ria van der Lecq: Buridan on modal propositions 427; Notes and Appendix
440; Graziella Federici Vescovini: A la recherche du mystérieux Buser 443; Notes 455; Indexes. Index of manuscripts 461; Index of ancient and mediaeval names
465-471.
"Twelfth century education was an European affair and the Parisian schools of logic were its centre. Masters and students flocked together on the banks of the
Seine and on the Montagne Ste. Genevieve and, after a long or short stay there, returned home to occupy all kinds of intellectual positions.
An entirely different picture is offered by the 14th and 15th centuries. English logicians, especially the Oxford masters, were via their textbooks highly
influential on the Art courses of many Universities on the Continent. Their teaching was clearly felt, indeed, to belong to a tradition which was different
from the continental approach.
Modern scholarship generally acknowledges that this insular tradition of logic held sway in the late Middle Ages, but has good reasons so far to doubt whether
this was the situation in the foregoing centuries.
So the IVth European Symposium on Mediaeval Logic and Semantics was intended to clarify the early development of "English Logic". The present volume, which
contains all the papers read, presents the results of such an attempt. The Editors strongly hope that these Acta will be a stimulus for further research in
this field." (From the Preface)
Sprache und Erkenntnis im Mittelalter. Edited by Beckmann Jan et al. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter 1981.
Akten des VI. Internationale Kongresses für mitteralterliche Philosophie der Société Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale (29. August- 3.
September 1977 in Bonn).
Two volumes.
The Cambridge history of later medieval philosophy from the rediscovery of Aristotle to the disintegration of Scholasticism
1100-1600. Edited by Kretzmann Nicolas, Kenny Anthony, and Pinborg Jan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1982.
Archéologie du signe. Edited by Brind'Amour Lucie and Vance Eugène. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies 1983.
The rise of British logic. Acts of the Sixth European Symposium of medieval logic and semantics. Balliol College, Oxford, 19-24 June
1983. Edited by Lewry P.O. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies 1983.
Mediaeval semantics and metaphysics. Studies dedicated to L. M. de Rijk. Edited by Bos Egbert Peter. Nijmegen: Ingenium Publishers
1985.
Logic and the philosophy of language. Edited by Kretzmann Norman and Stump Eleonore. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
1988.
The Cambridge translations of medieval philosophical texts. Volume 1.
Meaning and inference in medieval philosophy. Studies in memory of Jan Pinborg. Edited by Kretzmann Norman. Dordrecht: Kluwer 1988.
De Ortu grammaticae. Studies in medieval grammar in memory of Jan Pinborg. Edited by Bursill-Hall Geoffrey L., Ebbesen Sten, and
Koerner Konrad. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: J. Benjamins Publ. 1990.
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Istituto per la storia dell'Università 1992.
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Argumentationstheorie. Scholastische Forschungen zu den logischen und semantischen Regeln korrekten Folgerns. Leiden: E. J. Brill
1993.
Glosses and commentaries on Aristotelian logical texts: the Syriac, Arabic and medieval Latin tradition. Edited by Burnett Charles.
London: The Warburg Institute 1993.
Logica e linguaggio nel Medioevo. Edited by Fedriga Riccardo and Puggioni Sara. Milano: LED - Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere
Economia Diritto - Milano 1993.
Sophisms in medieval logic and grammar. Edited by Read Stephen. Dordrecht: Kluwer 1993.
Acts of the Ninth European Symposium for Medieval logic and semantics, held at St Andrews, June 1990.
"On the properties of discourse: a translation of Tractatus de Proprietatibus Sermonum (Author Anonymous)," Topoi.An
International Review of Philosophy 16: 77-93 (1997).
Translated by Stephen Barney, Wendy Lewis, Calvin Normore.
"This is a translation of part of an anonymous early thirteenth tract on medieval semantics. The author discusses signification, supposition and appellation,
including the division of supposition into determinate, distributive and merely confused. Causes of confusion are covered; sophisms are solved by applying the
theory. Also covered: ampliation of terms by tenses and modalities."
Medieval analyses in language and cognition. Edited by Ebbesen Sten and Friedman Russell. Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Academy of
Sciences and Letters 1999.
Acts of the symposium The Copenhagen School of Medieval philosophy January 10-13, 1996 organized by The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
and The Institute for Greek and Latin, University of Copenhagen.
Théories de la phrase et de la proposition de Platon à Averroés. Edited by Büttgen Philippe, Dieble Stéphane, and Rashed Marwan.
Paris: Éditions Rue d'Ulm 1999.
Sommaire: Philippe Büttgen, Stéphane Diebler et Marwan Rashed: Avant-propos VII-IX; I. Aux origines ontologiques du langage rationnel; Claude Imbert: Le
dialogue platonicien en quête de son identité 3; Denis O'Brien: Théories de la proposition dans le Sophiste de Platon 21; Francis Wolff: Proposition,
être et vérité: Aristote ou Antisthène? 43; II. Entre logique et sémantique: l'autonomie problématique de la théorie aristotélicienne; Barbara Gernez: La
théorie de la lexis chez Aristote 67; Jacques Brunschwig: Homonymie et contradiction dans la dialectique aristotélicienne 81; Pierre Chiron: La
période chez Aristote 103; III. La théorie stoïcienne et ses enjeux; Jean-Baptiste Gourinat: La définition et les propriétés de la proposition dans
le stoïcisme ancien 133; Frédérique Ildefonse: La théorie stoïcienne de la phrase (énoncé, proposition) et son influence chez les grammairiens 151; Marc
Baratin: La conception de l'énoncé dans les textes grammaticaux latins 171; IV - D'Aristote à l'aristotélisme; Henri Hugonnard-Roche: La théorie de la
proposition selon Proba, un témoin syriaque de la tradition grecque (VIe siècle) 191; Philippe Hoffmann: Les analyses de l'énoncé: catégories et parties du
discours selon les commentateurs néoplatoniciens 209; Abdelali Elamrani-Jamal: La proposition assertorique (de inesse) selon Averroès 249; Ali
Benmakhlouf: Averroès et les propositions indéfinies 269; Maroun Aouad: Les prémisses rhétoriques selon les Isarat d'Avicenne 281; Épilogue; Jean
Jolivet: Sens des propositions et ontologie chez Pierre Abélard et Grégoire de Rimini 307; Index des auteurs anciens 325; Index des auteurs modernes 333-336
Medieval and Renaissance logic in Spain. Edited by Angelelli Ignacio and Pérez-Ilzarbe Paloma. Hildesheim: Georg Olms 2000.
Acts of the 12th European Symposium on medieval logic and semantics, held at the University of Navarre (Pamplona, 26-30 May 1997).
Table of Contents: Preface VII; List of Contributors IX-X; Section I. Peter of Spain and his commentators. Mikko Yrjönsuuri: Words and things in Pter of
Spain's Syncategoremata 3; José Miguel Gambra: The fallacy of the accident in Peter of Spain's Tractatus and in other Thirteenth-century
works 21; Sten Ebbesen, Irène Rosier-Catach: Robertus Anglicus on Peter of Spain 61; Dino Buzzetti: Blasius Pelacani, the paradoxes of implication and the
notion of logical consequence 97; Alfonso Maierù: Antonio da Scarperia's Commentary on Peter of Spain's Tractatus 137; Section II. Studies on Spanish
logical texts. José Angel García Cuadrado: TRadition and innovation in the logical treatises of St. Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419) 159; Joke Spruyt: Some remarks
on semantic topics in two Spanish tractus de Consequentiis 183; L. M. de Rijk: Logica Morelli. Some notes on the semantics fo a Fifteenth century
Spanish logic 209; Angel D'Ors: "Dubium proponitur": Andrés Limos and the Treatise on Obligations 225; Paloma Pérez-Ilzarbe: Time and propositions in Jerónimo
Pardo 251; Joël Biard: Les trois "voies" selon les textes logiques de Jean de Celaya 275; E. J. Ashworth: Domingo de Soto on Obligationes: his use of
Dubie positio 291; Ria van der Lecq: Domingo de Soto on Universals and the ontology of intentions 309; E. P. Bos: Nature and number of the Categories
and the dvision of Being according to Domingo de Soto (1495-1560) 327; William McMahon: The Categories in some post-medieval Spanish philosophers 355; Section
III. Other studies. C. H. Kneepkens: The Absoluta cuiuslibet attributed to P. H. Some notes in his transmission and the use made of it by Robert
Kilwardby and Roger Bacon 373; Lynn Cates: Lull's modal voluntarism 405; Allan Bäck: The structure of Scotus' formal distinction 411; Christopher J. Martin:
Logic for distinctions: Peter of Navarre and the Scotistic treatment of impossible hypotheses 439; Indexes: Index of manuscripts 467; Index of names 471; Index
of concepts 477-479
The Cambridge translations of medieval philosophical texts. Mind and knowledge. Edited by Pasnau Robert. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press 2002.
Medieval theories on assertive and non-assertive language. Edited by Maierù Alfonso and Valente Luisa. Firenze: Leo S. Olschki
2004.
Acts of the 14th European Symposium on medieval logic and semantics. Rome, June 11-15 2002.
Mediaeval and Renaissance Logic. Edited by Gabbay Dov and Woods John. Amsterdam: Elsevier 2008.
Handbook of the History of Logic: vol. 2.
Contents: Dov M. Gabbay and John Woods: Preface VII; List of Contributors IX; John Marenbon: Logic before 1100: the Latin tradition 65; Ian Wilks: Peter
Abelard and his contemporaries 83; Terence Parsons: The development of Supposition Theory in the later 12th through 14th centuries 157; Henrik Lagerlund: The
assimilation of Aristotelian and Arabic logic up to the later thirteenth century 281; Ria van der Lecq: Logic and theories of meaning in the late 13th and
early 14th century including the Modistae 347; Gyula Klima: The nominalist semantic of Ockham and Buridan: a 'rational reconstruction' 389; Catarina Dutilh
Novaes: Logic in the 14th century after Ockham 433; Simo Knuuttila: Medieval modal theories and modal logic 505; Mikko Yrjönsuuri: Treatments of the paradoxes
of self-reference 579; E. Jennifer Ashworth: Developments in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries 609; Peter Dvorák: Relational logic of Juan Caramuel 645;
Russell Wahl: Port-Royal: the stirrings of modernity 667; index 701.
Abelson Paul. The Seven Liberal Arts. A study in mediaeval culture. New York: Teachers' College, Columbia University 1906.
Reprint: New York, Russell & Russell, 1965.
See Chapter VI: Logic pp. 72-89.
Amerini Fabrizio, "La dottrina della significatio di Francesco da Prato O.P. (XIV secolo). Una critica tomista a Guglielmo di
Ockham," Documenti e Studi sulla Tradizione Filosofica Medievale XI: 375-408 (2000).
Amerini Fabrizio, "What is Real. A Reply to Ockham's ontological program," Vivarium 43: 187-212 (2005).
"When Ockham's logic arrives in Italy, some Dominican philosophers bring into question Ockham's ontological reductionist program. Among them, Franciscus de
Prato and Stephanus de Reate pay a great attention to refute Ockham's claim that no universal exists in the extra-mental world. In order to reject Ockham's
program, they start by reconsidering the notion of 'real', then the range of application of the rational and the real distinction. Generally, their strategy
consists in re-addressing against Ockham some arguments extracted from Hervaeus Natalis's works. Franciscus's and Stephanus's basic idea is that some
universals are not acts of cognition, but extra-mental, predicable things. Such things are not separable from singulars, nonetheless they are not the same as
those singulars. Consequently, it is not necessary to allow, as Ockham does, that if two things are not really identical, they are really different and hence
really separable. According to them, it is possible to hold that two things are not really identical without holding that they are also really non-identical
and hence really different. Basically, their reply relies on a different notion of the relation of identity. Identity is regarded as an intersection of classes
of things, so that it is possible to say that two things are really identical without saying that they also are the same thing. Franciscus and Stephanus,
however, do not seem to achieve completely their aim."
Arens Hans, "Verbum Cordis. Zur Sprachphilosophie des Mittelalters," Historiographia Linguistica 7: 13-25 (1980).
Bakker Paul, "Syncategorèmes, concepts equivocité: deux questions anonymes, conservées dans le ms. Paris, B.N. lat. 16.401, liées à la
sèmantique de Pierre d'Ailly (c. 1350-1420)," Vivarium 34: 76-131 (1996).
"This article offers an analysis and an edition of two anonymous semantical questions. Both questions are concerned with problems relating to mental language.
The first question investigates the nature of the mental correlate of vocal or written syncategorematic terms. The second question examines the possibility of
equivocal concepts. The article shows that both texts originate from a semantical tradition of which William of Ockham, John Buridan, Albert of Saxony,
Marsilius of Inghen and Peter of Ailly were the main representatives. More specifically, the doctrine of both questions appears to be closely related to Peter
of Ailly's Compendium "conceptus"."
Barth Else M. The logic of the articles in traditional philosophy. Dordrecht: Reidel 1974.
Bäck Allan. The ordinary language approach in Traditional logic. In Argumentationstheorie. Scholastische Forschungen zu den logischen
und semantischen Regeln korrekte Folgerns. Edited by Jacobi Klaus. Leiden: Brill 1993. pp. 507-530
Bäck Allan. On reduplication. Logical Theories of Qualification. Leiden, New York, Köln: E. J. Brill 1996.
Bianchi Simona, "La trasmissione della logica aristotelica nell'Occidente latino : il caso del Peri hermeneias di Apuleio,"
Studi Medievali 36: 63-86 (1995).
"L'importanza del Peri hermeneias, di dubbia paternità apuleiana, per la conoscenza del pensiero logico aristotelico in periodo tardo antico e
medievale fino al 12° sec., quando la nascita delle Università e la diffusione in traduzione latina dei commenti arabi ad Aristotele ne rendono superata la
trattazione e ne favoriscono il pressoché totale oblio."
Biard Joël. Logique et théorie du signe au XIVe siècle. Paris: Vrin 1989.
Biard Joël, "La logica del Medioevo, oggi," Paradigmi.Rivista di Critica Filosofica 17 (50): 207-241 (1999).
Boehner Philotheus. Medieval logic. An outline of its development from 1250 to c. 1400. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
1952.
Contents: Preface VII; Introduction XI-XVII; Part One. Elements of Scholastic logic. I. The legacy of Scholastic logic 1; II. New elements of Scholastic logic
6; Part Two. Important contributions of Scholastic logic. I. The syncategoremata as logical constants 19; II. The theory of supposition 27; III. The theory of
consequences 52; Part Three. Systems of Scholastic logic 77; Conclusion 95; Appendix I. Sophismata of Albert Saxony 97; Appendix II. The rules of supposition
of Albert of Saxony 103; Notes 115; Index 129-130.
Boh Ivan, "The "conditionatim"-clause: one of the problems of existential import in the history of logic," Notre Dame Journal of Formal
Logic 18: 459-466 (1977).
"An attempt is made to provide a "missing link" in the history of the problem of existential import of standard categorical propositions by examining the
late-medieval compilation "Parvulus logice" and finding there a promising direction toward modern interpretation. The anonymous author realizes that an
existential assumption must be made for affirmative propositions to secure the validity of A I, but curiously he adds the assumption conditionally rather than
conjunctively and this not only for "A" but also for "I" propositions. he latter insistence leads to unacceptable consequences, even if one accepts the
medieval maxim that negative propositions have no existential import; but dropping the "conditionatim"-clause requirement for "I" propositions and insisting on
it for "A" propositions only would yield precisely the "modern" Square."
Boh Ivan, "Epistemic and alethic iteration in later medival logic," Philosophia Naturalis 24: 492-506 (1984).
Boh Ivan. Epistemic logic in the later Middle Ages. New York: Routledge 1993.
Bottin Francesco. Le antinomie semantiche nella logica medievale. Padova: Antenore 1976.
Braakhuis Henk A.G. English Tracts on syncategorematic terms from Robert Bacon to Walter Burley. In English logic and semantics: from
the end of the Twelfth century to the time of Ockham and Burleigh. Edited by Braakhuis Henk A.G., Kneepkens Cornelis H., and De Rijk Lambertus Marie.
Nijmegen: Ingenium Publishers 1981. pp.
Broadie Alexander. The Circle of John Mair. Logic and logicians in Pre-Reformation Scotland. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1985.
Broadie Alexander. Introduction to medieval logic. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1993.
Second revised edition; first edition 1987.
Cesalli Laurent. Le réalisme propositionnel. Sémantique et ontologie des propositions chez Jean Duns Scot, Gauthier Burley, Richard
Brinkley et Jean Wyclif. Paris: Vrin 2007.
Conti Alessandro D. Esistenza e verità. Forme e strutture del reale in Paolo Veneto e nel pensiero filosofico del Tardo Medioevo.
Roma: Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo 1996.
Courtenay William, "Force of words and figures of speech: The crisis over Virtus Sermonis in the Fourteenth century,"
Franciscan Studies 44: 107-128 (1984).
Coxito Amandio. Lógica, semântica e conhecimento na escolástica peninsular pré-renascentista. Coimbra: Biblioteca Geral da
Universidade 1981.
De Libera Alain, "Bulletin d'histoire de la logique médiévale (Première Partie)," Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et Théologiques
69: 273-309 (1985).
De Libera Alain, "Bulletin d'histoire de la logique médiévale (Deuxième Partie)," Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et Théologiques
71: 590-634 (1987).
De Libera Alain, "Bulletin d'histoire de la logique médiévale (Troisième Partie)," Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et
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De Libera Alain. L'art des généralités: théories de l'abstraction. Paris: Aubier 1999.
De Rijk Lambertus Marie. Logica Modernorum. A contribution to the history of early terminist logic. Vol. 1: On the twelfth century
theory of fallacy. Assen: Van Gorcum 1962.
From the Preface: "In this work the author tries to show how the Logica Modernorum, - which, as is known, exerted, from the thirteenth century
onwards, such a profound influence on the development of Mediaeval Philosophy -, had its origin in the twelfth century logical and grammatical theories which
arose in the Western centers of studies, especially in Paris.
The first volume deals with one of the two roots of this development: the twelfth century doctrine of fallacy; the second volume will treat of the Logica
Modernorum in the grammatical theories of the twelfth century.
The author thought it of great importance to edit in full the main treatises on which his studies are based; they are found in the Appendices A-E.
Appendix F contains three passages from twelfth century Perihermeneias-commentaries; in order to avoid the false suggestion that one has to
do here with fragmentary remnants which have come down to us, I chose, despite its somewhat culinary sound, the term 'Frustula' instead of the more
usual 'Fragmenta'. Some information on the manuscripts concerned is given in the course of this study; for the places,
consult the List of manuscripts used. As to the ratio edendi I refer to the preface of my edition of the Dialectica of
Garlandus Compotista, published as part III in the same series.
The Index nominum, the Index locorum and the Index sophismatum aim at completeness. The Index verborum et rerum is not
exhaustive: it only
tries to give a number of words and phrases considered as important for the understanding of the conceptual and doctrinal contents of the edited treatises and
to facilitate the reader's orientation in this study."
Contents: Preface 11; 1. The specific character of the Logica Modernorum 13; 2. The theory of fallacy in the framework of the Logica Vetus
24; 3. The theory of fallacy in the great logical works of Peter Abailard 49; 4. The theory of fallacy in the School of the Parvipontani 62; 5. The
earliest mediaeval commentaries on the Sophistici Elenchi 82; 6. The theory of fallacy in the later glosses on the Perihemeneias 113; 7. Two
treatises on fallacy from the latter part of the twelfth century 127; 8. On the use of the doctrine of fallacy in twelfth century theology 153; Books and
articles referred to 179; List of manuscripts used 181; Appendices: A. Glose in Arist. Sophisticos Elencos 187; B. Summa Sophistorum
Elencorum 257; C. Tractatus de dissimilitudine argumentorum 459; D. Fallacie Vindobonenses 459; E. Fallacie Parvipontane 491;
F. [Frustula Logicalia] 611; Indices: A. Index locorum 629; B. Index nominum 642; C. Index sophismatum et exemplorum 646; D. Index verborum et rerum 659-674.
De Rijk Lambertus Marie. Logica Modernorum. A contribution to the history of early terminist logic. Vol. 2, Part one: The origin and
early development of the theory of supposition. Assen: Van Gorcum 1967.
From the Preface: "In this work it will be attempted to show how the Logica Modernorum had its origin, long before the thirteenth century, in the
logical and grammatical theories current in the Western centers of studies: Paris, Oxford and presumably a school in Northern Italy.
The first volume dealt with what was considered as one of the two roots of this development: the twelfth century theories of' fallacy. The present volume
discusses the other source: the development of Mediaeval grammar from an elementary discussion of (Latin) grammar to a linguistic-semantic theory of' (Latin)
language. It was the latter contribution that was of extreme importance for the origin of the theory of supposition, and generally speaking, of terminist
logic.
The purpose of this volume is to trace the details of the origin of the. theory of' supposition, including appellation and copulation, and to discuss the
theory of the properties of terms as found about 1200. Besides, some historical evidence will be given for the origins of' the tracts dealing with the
properties of syncategorematic terms and those discussing the other specific elements of the Logica Modernorum.
The author has thought it of some importance for further investigation in this field to edit in full the main treatises on which the present study is based.
They will be found in the second part of' this book. They have been arranged chronologically, except for the Quaestiones Victorinae, which are to be
considered as an extra.
The Index nominum, the Index locorum and the Index sophismatum aim at completeness. The Index verborum et rerum is not
exhaustive: it only tries to give a number of words and phrases considered as important for our understanding of the conceptual and doctrinal contents of the
edited tracts, and to facilitate the reader's orientation in this study."
Contents: Part One: 1. Introduction, analysis of the manuscripts concerned 11; 2. On the development of mediaeval grammar 95; 3. The increasing use of special
textbooks of logic in the first half of the twelfth century 126; 4. The theory of signification in twelfth century logic up to about 1140 177; 5. On the theory
of signification in twelfth century grammar 221; 6. The tract on logic contained in MS. Oxford, Digby 174, analysis of its content, its origin and
date 264; 7. Ars Meliduna. On the theory of terms 292; 8. Ars Meliduna. On the denotation of the terms 306; 9. Ars Meliduna. The
theory of proposition 319; 10. Ars Meliduna. The theory of the enuntiabile 357; 11. Some treatises on logic dating from about 1200 391; 12.
The Dialectica Monacensis preserved in Munich, C.L.M. 14, 763 408; 13. Some early Oxford tracts on logic 416; 14. The Summe Metenses
found in Paris, B. N. Lat. 11, 412 449; 15. The doctrine of fallacy and the origin of the theories of supposition 491; 16. The grammatical origin and
early development of the theory of Appellation (Supposition) 513; 17. The logical theory of the Properties of terms up to about 1200 555; Books and articles
referred to 599; List of the manuscripts used 606; List of incipits 608-614.
De Rijk Lambertus Marie. Logica Modernorum. A contribution to the history of early terminist logic. Vol. 2, Part two: The origin and
early development of the theory of supposition. Text and indices. Assen: Van Gorcum 1967.
Edition of a number of tracts dating from c. 1130 up to c. 1220.
Contents: I. Introductiones Montane minores 7; II. Abbreviatio Montana 73; III. Excerpta Norimbergensia 109; IV. Ars
Emmerana 143; V. Ars Burana 175; VI. Tractatus Anagnini 215; VII. Tractatus de univocatione Monacensis 333; VIII.
Introductiones Parisienses 353; IX. Logica "Ut dicit" 375; X. Logica "Cum sit nostra" 413; XI. Dialectica Monacensis 453;
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point of view, but where it is none the less legitimate to infer the conclusion from the premiss(es). In this connection the topics give rise to a number of
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vanished as a part of logic at the end of the Middle Ages, perhaps because the medieval logicians never got rid of Boethius' claim to have compiled a complete
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and geographically at the cross-roads of two great traditions they were influenced by both. This is clearly seen in the development of syllogistic theory,
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2007.
Contents: Introduction.- 1. Supposition theory: algorithmic hermeneutics; 2. Buridan's notion of Consequentia; 3. Obligationes as logical games; 4. The
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"This book presents novel formalizations of three of the most important medieval logical theories: supposition, consequence and obligations. In an additional
fourth part, an in-depth analysis of the concept of formalization is presented - a crucial concept in the current logical panorama, which as such receives
surprisingly little attention.
Although formalizations of medieval logical theories have been proposed earlier in the literature, the formalizations presented here are all based on
innovative vantage points: supposition theories as algorithmic hermeneutics, theories of consequence analyzed with tools borrowed from model-theory and
two-dimensional semantics, and obligations as logical games. For this reason, this is perhaps the first time that these medieval logical theories are made
fully accessible to the modern philosopher and logician who wishes to obtain a better grasp of them, but who has always been held back by the lack of
appropriate 'translations' into modern terms.
Moreover, the book offers a reflection on the very nature of logic, a reflection that is prompted by the comparisons between medieval and modern logic, their
similarities and dissimilarities. It is thus a contribution not only to the history of logic, but also to the philosophy of logic, the philosophy of language
and semantics.
The analysis of medieval logic is also relevant for the modern philosopher and logician in that, being the unifying methodology used across all disciplines at
that time, logic really provided unity to science. It thus presents a unified model of scientific investigation, where logic plays the aggregating role."
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in Greek antiquity 89; 7. The transition to the Latin West 105; 8. Boethius and the beginning of the Middle Ages 123; 9. Abelard 139; 10. The doctrine of the
dictum in the century after Abelard 165; 11. Preliminaries to the fourteenth century debate 177; 12. The complexum theory of Ockham and
Holkot 195; 13. Some reist opponents of Ockham and Holkot 209; 14. The theory of the complexe significabile 227; 15. The oppositions against the
theory of the complexe significabile 243; 16. The significate of a true propositio 273; Selective bibliography 281; Indices 289-309
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existential import 29; 7. The three-part analysis of categorical propositions 31; 8. The two-part analysis of categorical propositions 35; 9. The decline of
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originates from a degenerate use of the notion of 'distributive supposition' in medieval supposition theory sometime in the 16th century. This paper proposes
instead that the doctrine of distribution occurs at least as early as the 12th century, and that it originates from a study of Aristotle's notion of a term's
being 'taken universally', and not from the much later theory of distributive supposition. A detailed version of the doctrine found in the Port Royal Logic is
articulated, and compared with a slightly different modern version. Finally, Geach's arguments for the incoherence of the doctrine are discussed and
rejected."
"1. Introduction
This paper is about the 'doctrine of distribution' as described and criticized by Peter Geach. My goal is to provide an alternative to Geach's account of the
history of the doctrine and to defend the doctrine against his claims that it is incoherent. This paper discusses:
(1) what the 'doctrine of distribution' is;
(2) some of Peter Geach's criticisms of the doctrine;
(3) Geach's story of the history of the doctrine;
(4) an alternative account of the history of the doctrine;
(5) the version of the doctrine as it occurs in the Port Royal Logic;
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