The Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy of John Buridan

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a collection of papers on the metaphysics and natural philosophy of John Buridan (ca. 1295-1361), one of the most innovative and influential thinkers of the later Middle Ages. It brings together original contributions by fifteen Buridan scholars on a number of central topics in the Buridanian corpus, including the theory of universals, the role of definitions in scientific practice, necessity and probability, time, the natural order, the theory of motion, time and infinity, certitude, sensation, dreams, and volition. The papers provide a unified picture of Buridan's non-logical writings, most of which are still unedited, emphasizing throughout his particular methods of presenting and solving philosophical problems. The result suggests that Buridan's reputation for brilliance in logic and semantics deserves to be extended to other areas of philosophy, and that his work deserves closer study.

Produktdetails

• Medieval and Early Modern Phil Nr.2
• Verlag: Brill / Brill NV
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: November 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 164mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 694g
• ISBN-13: 9789004115149
• ISBN-10: 9004115145
• Artikelnr.: 22316971

Autorenporträt

J.M.M.H. Thijssen is Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Natural Philosophy at Nijmegen University. He has published extensively in the history of philosophy and science. Among his current projects is a critical edition of Book 3 of Buridan's commentary on the Physics, which will be published by Brill. Jack Zupko, Ph.D. (1989) in Philosophy, Cornell University, is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Emory University. He has published numerous articles on later medieval philosophy and John Buridan.