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Formal and Material Consequences in Ockham and Buridan

In: Vivarium
Author:
Milo Crimi Department of Philosophy, University of California Los Angeles USA

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15 Oct 2018
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Abstract

William of Ockham and John Buridan provide different accounts of the distinction between formal and material consequences. Some consequences – in particular, enthymemes – that Ockham would classify as formal would be classified as material by Buridan. This paper explains this taxonomical discrepancy. It identifies the root of the discrepancy not in a difference between Ockham’s and Buridan’s notions of propositional hylomorphism but rather in Ockham’s endorsement of relational characterizations of consequences.

Title:
Formal and Material Consequences in Ockham and Buridan
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685349-12341360
Language:
English
Pages:
241–271
Keywords:
William of Ockham; John Buridan; consequences; hylomorphism
In:
Vivarium
In:
Volume 56: Issue 3-4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-5349
Print ISSN:
0042-7543
Subjects:
Medieval History, History, Intellectual History, Medieval Philosophy, Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy

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