The debate over universals in the time of Peter Abelard
What it is, and is not, about
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21597689 |
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| Authors | Caterina Tarlazzi (Dipartimento di Filosofia e Beni Culturali, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venezia, Italy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1012-1033 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal for the History of Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0960-8788 • E-ISSN: 1469-3526 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09608788.2021.1960480 |
| OpenAlex | W3193466858 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
From the nineteenth century onwards, the so-called ‘Debate over Universals’ from the time of Peter Abelard (c. 1100–50) is regarded as one of the major problems of medieval philosophy. This paper tries to advance the current approaches (which fall into two broad categories: a more analytical line of enquiry and a more historical one) by establishing a new understanding based on assumptions and questions. Through a comprehensive analysis of both published and unpublished logical commentaries from the first half of the twelfth century, it shows that – contrary to the received narrative – a lot is not discussed, but rather assumed. It therefore investigates what the debate is not about – arguing that this is just as relevant as what the debate is about
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Problem of universals · Karl Barth and Christian Theology · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy
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The Cambridge Companion to Abelard
Life, milieu, and intellectual contexts
The Problem of Universals in Contemporary Philosophy
Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy
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Logic
Logic at the Turn of the Twelfth Century
Pseudo-Rabanus Super Porphyrium (P3)
Composing the World
| Highly cited | No |
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