The Cambridge Companion to Ockham (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

"The Franciscan William of Ockham (c. 1288-1347) was an English medieval philosopher, theologian, and political theorist. Along with Thomas Aquinas and John 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 philosophy and theology but also in the development of early modern science and of modern notions of property rights and church-state relations." "This volume offers a full discussion of all significant aspects of Ockham's thought: logic, philosophy of language, metaphysics and natural philosophy, epistemology, ethics, action theory, political thought, and theology. It is the first study of Ockham in any language to make full use of the new critical editions of his works and to consider recent discoveries concerning his life, education, and influences."--Jacket 0 Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 2 00 Introduction......Page 3 01 The Academic and Intellectual Worlds of Ockham......Page 19 02 Some Aspects of Ockham's Logic......Page 33 03 Semantics and Mental Language......Page 55 04 Is There Synonymy in Ockham's Mental Language......Page 78 05 Ockham's Nominalist Metaphysics - Some Main Themes......Page 102 06 Ockham's Semantics and Ontology of the Categories......Page 120 07 Ockham’s Philosophy of Nature......Page 145 08 The Mechanisms of Cognition - Ockham on Mediating Species......Page 170 09 Ockham’s Misunderstood Theory of Intuitive and Abstractive Cognition......Page 206 10 Ockham’s Ethical Theory......Page 229 11 Ockham on Will, Nature, and Morality......Page 247 12 Natural Law and Moral Omnipotence......Page 275 13 The Political Writings......Page 304 14 Ockham on Faith and Reason......Page 328 15 Ockham’s Repudiation of Pelagianism......Page 352 16 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 377

Offers a full discussion of all significant aspects of this medieval philosopher's thought.

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Spade (philosophy, Indiana U.) presents 15 contributions that touch on the main aspects of Ockham's life and thought. Topics include major events and influences in Ockham's career as an academic and as a political polemicist; his ideas on logic, nominalist metaphysics, criticism of "old way" semantics, natural philosophy, epistemology, ethics, politics, the liberty of indifference, faith and reason, and semantics and the role "mental language" plays in it. Contributors also present discussion of the view that Ockham rejected synonymy in mental language, and a defense against the frequent charge that his theology of salvation is in effect a version of the ancient heresy known as Pelagianism. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Franciscan William of Ockham (c. 1285-1349) 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 philosophy and theology, but also in the development of early modern science and of modern notions of property rights and church-state relations. This volume offers a full discussion of all significant aspects of Ockham's thought: logic, philosophy of language, metaphysics and natural philosophy, epistemology, ethics, action theory, political thought and theology. It is the first study of Ockham in any language to make full use of the new critical editions of his works, and to consider recent discoveries concerning his life, education, and influences