Medieval Commentaries on Aristotle's Categories

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Beskrivning

Medieval commentary writing has often been described as a way of "doing philosophy," and not without reason. The various commentaries on Aristotle's Categories we have from this period did not simply elaborate a dialectical exercise for training students; rather, they provided their authors with an unparalleled opportunity to work through crucial philosophical problems, many of which remain with us today. As such, this unique commentary tradition is important not only in its own right, but also to the history and development of philosophy as a whole. The contributors to this volume take a fresh look at it, examining a wide range of medieval commentators, from Simplicius to John Wyclif, and discussing such issues as the compatibility of Platonism with Aristotelianism; the influence of Avicenna; the relationship between grammar, logic, and metaphysics; the number of the categories; the status of the categories as a science realism vs. nominalism; and the relationship between categories.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-08-31
Mått:160 x 240 x 30 mm
Vikt:921 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition
Antal sidor:440
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004167520

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Lloyd Newton, Ph.D., (2003) in Philosophy, University of Dallas, is currently an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College, Kansas. He has published several articles on medieval logic and is working on translating Duns Scotus' Commentary on Aristotle's Categories. Contributors include: Michael Chase, Allan Bäck, Bruno Tremblay, Robert Andrews, Paul Symington, Giorgio Pini, Martin Pickavé, Todd Bates, Alexander W. Hall, and Alessandro D. Conti.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface ......................................................................................... viiThe Importance of Medieval Commentaries on Aristotle’s Categories ................................................................................... 1Lloyd A. NewtonThe Medieval Posterity of Simplicius ’ Commentary on the Categories: Thomas Aquinas and al-Fārābī ............................. 9Michael ChaseAvicenna The Commentator ...................................................... 31Allan BäckAlbertus Magnus On the Subject of Aristotle’s Categories ......... 73Bruno TremblayInterconnected Literal Commentaries on the Categories in the Middle Ages ............................................................................ 99Robert AndrewsThomas Aquinas on Establishing the Identity of Aristotle’s Categories ............................................................................... 119Paul SymingtonReading Aristotle’s Categories as an Introduction to Logic: Later Medieval Discussions about Its Place in the Aristotelian Corpus ................................................................... 145Giorgio PiniSimon of Faversham on Aristotle’s Categories and The Scientia Praedicamentorum ....................................................................... 183Martin PickavéDuns Scotus’s Account of a Propter Quid Science of the Categories ............................................................................... 221Lloyd A. Newton Fine-tuning Pini ’s Reading of Scotus ’s Categories Commentary ........................................................................... 259Todd BatesHow Is Scotus’s Logic Related to His Metaphysics? A Reply to Todd Bates ........................................................... 277Giorgio PiniJohn Buridan : On Aristotle’s Categories ....................................... 295Alexander W. HallA Realist Interpretation of the Categories in the Fourteenth Century: The Litteralis sententia super Praedicamenta Aristotelisof Robert Alyngton ................................................................ 317Alessandro D. ContiThomas Maulevelt’s Denial of Substance ................................. 347Thomas Maulevelt: Quaestiones super Praedicamenta: Quaestio 16 ............................................................................... 358Robert AndrewsCategories and Universals in the Later Middle Ages ................ 369Alessandro D. ContiBibliography ................................................................................ 411List of Contributors .................................................................... 429Index ........................................................................................... 433