1. Assessing ontological commitments. Peter of Spain's realism in Summulae logicales.
- Author
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ILE, Vlad
- Subjects
REALISM ,SCHOLARLY method ,NEUTRALITY ,HYPOTHESIS - Abstract
Peter of Spain's doctrinal content developed in Summulae logicales has been interpreted in various ways by the modern scholarship. As a result, when describing his ontological commitment, a number of different, often opposing, labels were ascribed, ranging from doctrinal neutrality to realism or anti-realism. Starting from the varieties of interpretations, we propose an assessment of Peter of Spain's ontological commitment regarding the universal, by arguing for the existence in his Summaries of two intertwined tendencies, one realist, another antirealist. The former tendency will be argued in accordance with his theory of predicables, signification, supposition and appellation; the latter one, will be tracked in a series of distinctions: via logicae vs via naturae, praesentia vs existentia, res vs dispositio. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2023