History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps HoP 239 - Catarina Dutilh Novaes on Medieval Logic
Oct 25, 2015
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Aristotle Recentered Medieval Logic
- Aristotle's logical writings regained prominence from the 13th century onward.
- This reintroduction reshaped medieval logic's unity and content significantly.
Three Medieval Logic Traditions
- Medieval writers distinguished old, new, and modern logic categories (logica vetus, nova, modernorum).
- New texts by Aristotle inspired fresh commentary; medieval innovations formed 'modern' logic.
'Formal' Is Historically Polysemous
- 'Formal' has multiple senses; Catarina distinguished eight historical meanings.
- She traced the schematic sense of formal back to Latin medieval logic.