Medieval mereology
Mereology is the theory which deals with parts and wholes in the concrete sense, and this study follows its varied fortunes during the Middle Ages. Preliminary indications as to its metaphysical situation are followed by a brief sketch of Boethius' contribution. Peter Abelard, Gilbert of Poitiers, Clarembald of Arras, and Joscelin of Soissons are among the twelfth-century authors examined. The effect of the subsequent recovery of Aristotle's Metaphysica on Mereology is typified by sketches of t…
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- Full title :Medieval mereology / Desmond Paul Henry.
Summary
Mereology is the theory which deals with parts and wholes in the concrete sense, and this study follows its varied fortunes during the Middle Ages. Preliminary indications as to its metaphysical situation are followed by a brief sketch of Boethius' contribution. Peter Abelard, Gilbert of Poitiers, Clarembald of Arras, and Joscelin of Soissons are among the twelfth-century authors examined. The effect of the subsequent recovery of Aristotle's Metaphysica on Mereology is typified by sketches of the many and varied uses made of the latter by Aquinas. A brief sample of Buridanian treatment.
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- Publication Date:1991.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):B.R. Grüner
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1991.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxv, 609 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789027277992, 9027277990, 1283328224, 9781283328227, 9786613328229, 6613328227
- oclc:ocn769189617
- LC Classification:BD396
- Dewey Decimal:111/.82
Table of Contents
Medieval Mereology; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Coded Booklist; 0. Introduction: Mereology, Metaphysics, and Speculative Grammar; 0.1 Mereology, Ancient and Contemporary; 0.2 Medieval Mereology and Metaphysics; 0.3 Intimations of Speculative Grammar; 0.4 The Grammar of Quiddity and Universals; 0.5 The Grammar of Parthood; 0.6 Unity of Medieval and Contemporary Approaches; 0.7 Summary; 1. The Early Medieval Inheritance; 1.1 Aims and Method; 1.2 Assets for Exploitation; 1.3 Boethius on Division; 1.31 Outline; 1.32 The Thesis of Part-Whole Disparity
1.4 X-parts and Parts-of-X1.5 The Scandal of the Non-discrete Singular; 1.6 Temporal Parts; 1.7 Conclusion; 2. Abelard and His Contemporaries; 2.1 Historical Preliminary; 2.2 Some Crucial Distinctions; 2.3 Parts-of-X and X-parts (cf. 1.4 above); 2.4 Identity and Principal Parts; 2.5 Increase and Decrease; 2.6 The Temporal Dimension; 2.7 Master Peter's Mereology; 2.8 Porretan Mereological Scandals; 2.81 The Originality of Gilbert of Poitiers; 2.82 Clarembald's Accusation; 2.83 The Gilbertian Innovations; 2.84 The Compendium of Porretan Logic.; 2.9 Concluding Remarks on Section 2
3. Aquinas -- M…
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