Peter of Spain
Language in DisputeAn English translation of Peter of Spain's Tractatus called afterwards Summulae Logicales, based on the critical edition by L.M. de Rijk
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19938413 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francis P Dinneen (Georgetown Univeristy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Language in dispute (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/sihols.39 |
| OpenAlex | W2278651481 |
| ISBN | 9789027245243 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This volume presents an English translation of Petrus Hispanus Portugalensis’ (d. 1277) Tractatus — called afterwards Summulae Logicales — on the basis of the critical edition established by L. M. de Rijk (1972). The Summulae’s first part (I-V) introduces Aristotelian ideas familiar enough at the time to be called Old Logic; the second (VI-XII) studies properties of terms, then considered novelties of Modern Logic. The two most important properties of terms were Supposition (meaning-as-reference) and Signification (meaning-as-sense). Among the questions raised were how senses and referents are related. Classifications recorded by Hispanus became part of Western traditional education. His Summulae was widely required as a text for generations, and later texts borrowed, amended, rejected or extended parts of it. The Summulae is also worth evaluating in the light of debate about the ‘scientific’ status of Linguistics. Hispanus claimed Dialectic was a study prerequisite to all others, because it shows how to test their fundamental assumptions. Norms he proposed for this rigorous interpretation of language are public, refutable, and countable, all characteristics claimed for ‘science’
Art · Linguistics · Literature · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2018 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |