John Buridan (ca. 1300-1361) was the most famous philosophy teacher
of his time, and probably the most influential. In this important
new book, Jack Zupko offers the first systematic exposition of
Buridan's thought to appear in any language. Zupko uses Buridan's
own conception of the order and practice of philosophy to depict
the most salient features of his thought, beginning with his views
on the nature of language and logic and then illustrating their
application to a series of topics in metaphysics, natural
philosophy, and ethics.
Part 1 of John Buridan considers the picture of language and
logic developed in Buridan's Summulae de dialectica. Buridan
systematically overhauled the logic he first learned and later
taught at the University of Paris, redeeming the older tradition of
Aristotelian logic in terms, propositions, and arguments. This made
possible newer and more powerful forms of philosophical discourse.
The second part of this volume provides a reading of Buridan's
philosophy, showing how this discourse shaped his treatment of
speculative questions such as the relation between soul and body,
the nature of knowledge, the proper subject of psychology, the
function of the virtues, and the freedom of the will.
This groundbreaking book is sure to become the standard work on
John Buridan.
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