| Logic and Ontology in the Syllogistic of Robert Kilwardby Contributor(s): Thom, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004157956 ISBN-13: 9789004157958 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $167.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: The first full-length study of Robert Kilwardby's commentary on Aristotle's Prior Analytics, based on a study of the medieval manuscripts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Medieval - Philosophy | Logic |
| Dewey: 160.92 |
| LCCN: 2007278447 |
| Series: Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters |
| Physical Information: 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the earliest 13th-century Latin commentators on Aristotle, Robert Kilwardby (d.1279) is an original logician and an ingenious interpreter. This is the first full-length study of his Prior Analytics commentary, and the first study to work from the medieval manuscripts. Kilwardby interprets Aristotle's syllogistic within a broad ontological context that includes the four causes, and concepts of degrees of perfection. His interpretation aims to preserve Aristotle's theses as correct; and he formulates semantic and syntactic hypotheses that achieve this aim with almost total perfection. The book includes an appendix offering a modern rendering of Kilwardby's original logical ideas. |