…losophy of religion. My research focuses primarily on the philosophy of William Ockham, and, more broadly, on later-medieval discussions of topics in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind. My research these days falls into two broad areas: (1) medieval theories of consciousness …

…ined as theologians, including Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and even William of Ockham (though he did not finish his degree). Since university statutes forbade arts masters from teaching or writing about theology, Buridan produced no theological works and no commentary on the Sen…

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…g conception of God and the metaphysical structure of finite beings. William of Ockham, arguably the clearest expositor of this reflection, claims that creation from nothing is coherently articulated when one realizes that God’s infinite and gratuitous creativity is the act of a …

…ew idea: it was systematically explored in the fourteenth century by William of Ockham and became central in late medieval philosophy. This book examines the background of Ockham's innovation by tracing the history of the mental language theme in ancient and medieval thought.…

…t. Chapter four examines the account of divided modal consequence in William of Ockham. I show that Ockham's divided modalities are not fully assimilable to narrow-scope propositions of classical modal logic; formalize Ockham's account in an extension of first-order modal logic w…

… Scotus. “Commentary on the Sentences.” In A Scholastic Miscellany: An- selm to Ockham, edited by Eugene R. Fairwather, 428–36. Philadelphia: The Westmin- ster Press, 1956. 75. — John Duns Scotus. “Ordinatio (I, d. 26, q. un.),” translated by Jeffrey Hause. In The Person: Reading…

…phy and in theology, Biel was a close but not unoriginal follower of William of Ockham. Biel's Sentences commentary is formally an abridgement of Ockham's commentaries, but several other authorities, including Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, John Duns Scotus, Gregory of Rimini, Pete…

…Abelard , Roger Bacon , Bonaventure , Thomas Aquinas , Duns Scotus , William of Ockham and Jean Buridan ; the Jewish philosophers Maimonides and Gersonides ; and the Muslim philosophers Alkindus , Alfarabi , Alhazen , Avicenna , Algazel , Avempace , Abubacer and Averroes . The me…

…ributi/2: La liberté de la volonté dans la vision béatifique: Suárez critique d’Ockham, di Valentin Braekman . . . . . . . . . . . pp. 227-245 Interviste/1: Storie e modelli di idee e visioni. Intervista con Emanuela Scribano, a cura di Maria Vittoria Comacchi . . . . . . pp. 247…

… fede ( Beatrice ) nel tratto conclusivo che conduce a Dio. [ 92 ] Guglielmo di Ockham Pur essendo prevalsa, per un lungo periodo del Medioevo, la concezione che vede la filosofia come sostegno e supporto razionale delle credenze religiose, con Guglielmo di Ockham nella tarda Sco…

…rsity of St. Thomas. Interested in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, and Late Scholasticism. Other Interests in Wittgenstein, Anscombe, MacIntyre, Patristics. less Interests View All (7) Uploads all 25 Papers 2 Books Papers by Thomas M Osborne Medieval and Late…

…ur Alain de Libera , 2018 The Role of the Speaker in Roger Bacon and William of Ockham’s Supposition Theories: A Contrast While supposition theory is perhaps the closest thing medieval logicians have to a formal approac... more While supposition theory is perhaps the closest thin…

…heorems. format_quote Download Theory of Supposition vs. Theory of Fallacies in Ockham Vivarium , 2007 I propose to examine the issue of whether the ancient tradition in logic continued to be develope... more I propose to examine the issue of whether the ancient tradition in logi…

…ence to its prescriptions can lead to value-laden results. Download Wilhelm von Ockham Prädestinationstraktat: Von der ontologischen Sparsamkeit zum logischen Determinismus In his treatise on predestination, Ockham discusses the philosophical riddles caused by this Chri... more I…