Dialectic and Its Place in the Development of Medieval Logic 9781501743634

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Dialectic And Aristotle's Topics
2. Dialectic And Boethius's De Topicis Differentiis
3. Between Aristotle And Boethius
4. Topics And Hypothetical Syllogisms In Garlandus Compotista
5. Abelard On The Topics
6. Logic In The Early Twelfth Century
7. Terminist Logicians On The Topics
8. Consequences And The Decline Of Aristotelianism In Formal Logic
9. William Of Sherwood's Treatise On Obligations
10. Walter Burley On Obligations
11. Roger Swyneshed's Theory Of Obligations
12. Topics, Consequences, And Obligations In Ockham's Summa Logicae
Index

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Dialectic and Its Place in the Development of Medieval Logic

Eleonore Stump

Cornell University Press ITHACA AND LONDON

Dialectic and Its Place in the Development of Medieval Logic

TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED BY ELEONORE STUMP

Boethius's "De topicis differentiis" Boethius's "In Ciceronis Topica"

Copright © 1989 by Cornell University All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, 124 Roberts Place, Ithaca, New York 14850. First published 1989 by Cornell University Press. The first three essays in this volume originally appeared in Boethius's "De topicis differentiis" (Cornell University Press, 1978), copyright © 1978 by Eleonore Stump and used by permission of Cornell University Press. Information about the previous publication of the other essays is given in a note on the first page of each. International Standard Book Number 0-8014-2036-9 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 88-30348 Printed in the United States of America Librarians: Library of Congress cataloging information appears on the last page of the book. The paper in this book is acid-free and meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.

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Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction

ix 1

1 Dialectic and Aristotle's Topics

11 ^

2 Dialectic and Boethius's De topicis differentiis

31

3 Between Aristotle and Boethius

57

4 Topics and Hypothetical Syllogisms in Garlandus Compotista

67

5 Abelard on the Topics

89

6 Logic in the Early Twelfth Century

111

7 Terminist Logicians on the Topics

135

8 Consequences and the Decline of Aristotelianism in Formal Logic

157

9 William of Sherwood's Treatise on Obligations

177

10 Walter Burley on Obligations

195

11 Roger Swyneshed's Theory of Obligations

215

12 Topics, Consequences, and Obligations in Ockham's

Summa logicae Index

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