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Twelfth-Century Logic and Metaphysics
Alberic of Paris and His Contemporaries
Series: - Investigating Medieval Philosophy, Volume: 27
Alberic of Paris was one of the leading philosophers of the 12th century. He was the main rival to Peter Abelard and, according to John of Salisbury, âa most fierce opponent of the nominalist school.â But although he was an important figure in his time, Alberic is almost completely unknown today.
This collection of essays is the first ever dedicated to exploring and contextualizing the views of Alberic and his followers, the Albricani. It discusses topics such as universals, time, mereology, divine foreknowledge, fallacies, and modal logic, and shows that Alberic was an original thinker in a vibrant intellectual milieu.
Contributors are Andrew W. Arlig, Enrico Donato, Sten Ebbesen, Charles Girard, Heine Hansen, Peter King, John Marenbon, Sofia Orsino, Boaz Faraday Schuman, Caterina Tarlazzi, Paul Thom, and Wojciech Wciórka.
This collection of essays is the first ever dedicated to exploring and contextualizing the views of Alberic and his followers, the Albricani. It discusses topics such as universals, time, mereology, divine foreknowledge, fallacies, and modal logic, and shows that Alberic was an original thinker in a vibrant intellectual milieu.
Contributors are Andrew W. Arlig, Enrico Donato, Sten Ebbesen, Charles Girard, Heine Hansen, Peter King, John Marenbon, Sofia Orsino, Boaz Faraday Schuman, Caterina Tarlazzi, Paul Thom, and Wojciech Wciórka.
Heine Hansen, PhD (University of Sydney, 2010), is Associate Professor at the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen. He specializes in medieval Latin philosophy and has published many monographs, edited volumes, critical editions, book chapters, and journal articles in the field.
Enrico Donato obtained his PhD at the University of Geneva in 2022. His work has appeared in journals such as British Journal for the History of Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Logic, Journal of the History of Philosophy, and Vivarium.
Boaz Faraday Schuman obtained his PhD at the University of Toronto in 2021. Following that, he was a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen, on the project this book is a product of. Currently, he is an FWO-funded postdoc at KU Leuven. There, he has a project on proof by reductio in the Arabic, Latin, and modern logical traditions. He also writes on linguistics and the philosophy of humor.
Enrico Donato obtained his PhD at the University of Geneva in 2022. His work has appeared in journals such as British Journal for the History of Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Logic, Journal of the History of Philosophy, and Vivarium.
Boaz Faraday Schuman obtained his PhD at the University of Toronto in 2021. Following that, he was a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen, on the project this book is a product of. Currently, he is an FWO-funded postdoc at KU Leuven. There, he has a project on proof by reductio in the Arabic, Latin, and modern logical traditions. He also writes on linguistics and the philosophy of humor.
Foreword
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
List of Contributors
1 Alberic of Paris: A Twelfth-Century Philosopher and His Context
âHeine Hansen, Enrico Donato, and Boaz Faraday Schuman
2 A Tract on Universals from the School of Alberic of Paris
âEnrico Donato
3 Individuals and Names of Individuals in the First Half of the Twelfth Century
The Growth of a Discussion around the âSingular Formâ
âCaterina Tarlazzi
4 Do Individuals Have Generality and Speciality? A Survey of a Twelfth-Century Problem
âCharles Girard
5 Abelard on the Perils of Presentism
âPeter King
6 Omnia tempora sunt: The Albricani on Time
âHeine Hansen
7 Successive Wholes in Twelfth-Century Logic: Conceptual Evolution
âWojciech Wciórka
8 Chairs and Rivers: How to Survive Change If You Have No Soul
âAndrew W. Arlig
9 Can Divine Foreknowledge Change? A Characteristic Theo-Logical Doctrine of Alberic and His School
âBoaz Faraday Schuman
10 Alberic of Paris on Aristotleâs Sophistici elenchi
âSten Ebbesen
11 Modal Syllogisms in the Introductiones Montanae maiores
âPaul Thom
12 A Commentary on the Categories from the School of Alberic in Padua, Biblioteca Universitaria 2087
An Analysis of the Manuscript
âSofia Orsino
Index Nominum
Index Rerum
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
List of Contributors
Part 1 Background
1 Alberic of Paris: A Twelfth-Century Philosopher and His Context
âHeine Hansen, Enrico Donato, and Boaz Faraday Schuman
Part 2 Universals and Individuals
2 A Tract on Universals from the School of Alberic of Paris
âEnrico Donato
3 Individuals and Names of Individuals in the First Half of the Twelfth Century
The Growth of a Discussion around the âSingular Formâ
âCaterina Tarlazzi
4 Do Individuals Have Generality and Speciality? A Survey of a Twelfth-Century Problem
âCharles Girard
Part 3 Time and Change
5 Abelard on the Perils of Presentism
âPeter King
6 Omnia tempora sunt: The Albricani on Time
âHeine Hansen
7 Successive Wholes in Twelfth-Century Logic: Conceptual Evolution
âWojciech Wciórka
8 Chairs and Rivers: How to Survive Change If You Have No Soul
âAndrew W. Arlig
9 Can Divine Foreknowledge Change? A Characteristic Theo-Logical Doctrine of Alberic and His School
âBoaz Faraday Schuman
Part 4 Arguments and Fallacies
10 Alberic of Paris on Aristotleâs Sophistici elenchi
âSten Ebbesen
11 Modal Syllogisms in the Introductiones Montanae maiores
âPaul Thom
Part 5 Textual Transmission
12 A Commentary on the Categories from the School of Alberic in Padua, Biblioteca Universitaria 2087
An Analysis of the Manuscript
âSofia Orsino
Index Nominum
Index Rerum
All those interested in the history of philosophy and in logic and metaphysics, the problem of universals, the nature of time, mereology, fallacies, modal syllogistic, divine foreknowledge and future contingents.