The De re–De dicto Distinction
A Twelfth-Century Logical Discovery
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21407727 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Irene Binini (0000-0001-5031-1710, University of Parma Dipartimento di Discipline Umanistiche, Sociali e delle Imprese Culturali Italy Parma, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 162-191 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Vivarium (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-7543 • E-ISSN: 1568-5349 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685349-06002003 |
| OpenAlex | W4292836759 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
The identification of two possible readings – de re and de dicto – of modal claims is considered one of the greatest achievements of Abelard’s logic. In the Dialectica and the Logica “Ingredientibus ,” Abelard uses this distinction as a basis for his modal semantics and theory of modalities. Rather than focusing on Abelard’s own theory, the aim of this article is to pay attention to a number of sources that – like Abelard’s logical works – are datable to the first decades of the twelfth century, to investigate whether the de re – de dicto distinction was already adopted and debated in them. It argues that, even if there is no systematic theorization of the distinction in these sources, Abelard’s contemporaries put forward a number of questions concerning the syntax and the signification of modal claims that contributed to set the stage for the distinction’s identification and later development
Epistemology · Identification (biology) · Linguistics · Modal · Modal logic · Semantics (computer science) · Set (abstract data type) · Syntax · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Historical Philosophy and Science · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |