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. Ed(S): Ebbesen, Sten; Sirridge, Mary; Ashworth, E. Jennifer - Master Richard Sophista: Abstractiones - 9780197265970 - V9780197265970
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Master Richard Sophista: Abstractiones

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Description for Master Richard Sophista: Abstractiones Hardback. The Abstractiones is of great historical interest because it gives a window onto how generations of British scholars learned a uniform approach to logic and reasoning from basics up to more sophisticated strategies in modal logic and quantification. It gives a systematic introduction to the techniques and terminology found in medieval philosophy. Editor(s): Ebbesen, Sten; Sirridge, Mary; Ashworth, E. Jennifer. Series: Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 746.
The Abstractiones is a work in medieval logic from the second half of the 13th century. Clearly a product of the British university culture and much cited, quoted and imitated, it is attributed in two manuscripts to 'Master Richard the Sophist'. This Richard is referred to by other philosophers and logicians as 'The Master of Abstractions' - an honorific title which indicates that his work was a standard textbook. The Abstractiones is a collection of sophismata, or logical puzzles of increasing complexity and difficulty which have been gathered under logical operators like 'all'. Each sophisma is introduced by ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Series
Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780197265970
SKU
V9780197265970
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99-20

About . Ed(S): Ebbesen, Sten; Sirridge, Mary; Ashworth, E. Jennifer
Professor Sten Ebbesen Studied classical philology, Russian and Modern Greek in Copenhagen 1964-72, but in 1966-67 at the University of Thessaloniki. BA in Modern Greek 1968, MA in classical philology 1972. Dr. phil. Copenhagen 1981. Honorary doctor University of Gothenburg 2013. Employed as a classicist in Copenhagen since 1972. Main research field: late ancient and medieval logic and semantics. Some ... Read more

Reviews for Master Richard Sophista: Abstractiones
It is highly recommended for both specialists and students in the field of medieval logic and semantics, but also for readers who are interested in the broader history and development of education in the arts faculties of the Middle Ages.
Joke Spruyt, Department of Philosophy, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
It is good to see this text in print ... Read more

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