The Cambridge companion to Ockham

The Franciscan William of Ockham (c. 1288-1347) was an English medieval philosopher, theologian, and political theorist. Along with Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus, he is regarded as one of the three main figures in medieval philosophy after around 1150. Ockham is important not only in the history of...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Spade, Paul Vincent (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1999
Series:Cambridge companions to philosophy
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The academic and intellectual worlds of Ockham / William J. Courtenay
  • Some aspects of Ockham's logic / Calvin G. Normore
  • Semantics and mental language / Claude Panaccio
  • Is there synonymy in Ockham's mental language? / David Chalmers
  • Ockham's nominalist metaphysics: some main themes / Paul Vincent Spade
  • Ockham's semantics and ontology of the categories / Gyula Klima
  • Ockham's philosophy of nature / André Goddu
  • The mechanisms of cognition: Ockham on mediating species / Eleonore Stump
  • Ockham's misunderstood theory of intuitive and abstractive cognition / Elizabeth Karger
  • Ockham's ethical theory / Peter King
  • Ockham on will, nature, and morality / Marilyn McCord Adams
  • Natural law and moral omnipotence / A.S. McGrade
  • The political writings / John Kilcullen
  • Ockham on faith and reason / Alfred J. Freddoso
  • Ockham's repudiation of Pelagianism / Rega Wood