Signification and Modes of Signifying in Thirteenth-Century Logic: A Preface to Aquinas on Analogy
Ashworth, E.J.
Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 1 (1991)
Abstract
In 1935 M. D. Chenu wrote, “Preoccupied as we are with such leading figures as Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure, we all too easily lose sight of the massive dialectical learning which provided the foundation for both the teaching and the general thought-patterns of thirteenth-century masters.” Unfortunately, Chenu’s words have not been well heeded, and one of the outstanding features of the extensive literature on Aquinas’s doctrine of analogy is the complete absence of any attempt to set him in the context of contemporary logic.
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Signification and Modes of Signifying in Thirteenth-Century Logic: A Preface to Aquinas on Analogy
Ashworth, E.J.
Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 1 (1991)
Abstract
In 1935 M. D. Chenu wrote, “Preoccupied as we are with such leading figures as Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure, we all too easily lose sight of the massive dialectical learning which provided the foundation for both the teaching and the general thought-patterns of thirteenth-century masters.” Unfortunately, Chenu’s words have not been well heeded, and one of the outstanding features of the extensive literature on Aquinas’s doctrine of analogy is the complete absence of any attempt to set him in the context of contemporary logic.
Click here to read/download this article (PDF file) from Medieval Philosophy and Theology
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