| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 250 pages) : illustrations |
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History of science and medicine library, 1872-0684 ; v. 8 |
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Medieval and early modern science ; v. 9 |
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History of science and medicine library ; v. 8.
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History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 9.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Christophe Grellard & Aurélien Robert -- Beyond Aristotle : indivisibles and infinite divisibility in the later Middle Ages / John E. Murdoch -- Indivisibles and infinites : Rufus on points / Rega Wood -- Richard Kilvington on continuity / Elżbieta Jung & Robert Podkoński -- The importance of atomism in the philosophy of Gerard of Odo (O.F.M.) / Sander W. de Boer -- Nicholas of Autrecour's atomistic physics / Christophe Grellard -- William Crathorn's mereotopological atomism / Aurélien Robert -- An indivisibilist argumentation at Paris around 1335 : Michel of Montecalerio's question on point and the controversy with John Buridan / Jean Celeyrette -- John Wyclif's atomism / Emily Michael -- Blasius of Parma facing atomist assumptions / Joël Biard |
| Summary |
This book is the result of a collective attempt to give a general survey of the development of atomism and its critics in the late Middle Ages. All the contributors focussed on the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries atomists and anti-atomists, with a thorough examination of some important figures, as Nicholas of Autrecourt or John Wyclif, and lesser known as Gerard of Odo or William Crathorn for example. From those essays on particular authors a new way of understanding the discussions of atomism in late medieval philosophy and theology emerges. This volume demonstrates the existence of stron |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Atomism.
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Philosophy, Medieval.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Medieval.
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Atomism
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Philosophy, Medieval
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Grellard, Christophe.
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Robert, Aurélien.
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| ISBN |
9789047425649 |
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9047425642 |
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9789004172173 |
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9004172173 |
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1282400649 |
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9781282400641 |
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9786612400643 |
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6612400641 |
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