Categories and Logic in Duns Scotus: An Interpretation of Aristotle's Categories in the Late Thirteenth Century (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters)

238 Pages·2002·4.21 MB·English

by  Giorgio Pini

CATEGORIEASN D LOGICI ND UNSS COTUS
STUDIENU ND TEXTE
ZUR GEISTESGESCHICHTE
DES MITTELALTERS
BECRONVDOEN T
JOSEFK OCH
W£ITERGEFOHRT VON
PAULW ILPERTun dA LBERTZ IMMERMANN
HERA USGEGEBEN VON
JAN
A.A ERTSEN
IN ZUSAMMENARBEIT MIT
TZOTCHO BOlADjIKEENTV, EMERY,J R.,
ANDREASS PEERu ndW OUTER GORIS(MAN AGINGE DITOR)
BANDL XXVII
GIORGIOP INI
CATEGORIESA ND LOGICI ND UNS SCOTUS
CATEGORIESA ND LOGIC IN
DUNSSCOTUS
AnI nterpifrA ertiasttiootnl e's
Categories
int hLea tTeh irteCeenntthu ry
BY
GIORGIO PINI
BRILL
LEIDENB·O STON·K aLN
2002
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CONTENTS
Prefa..c.e. .............................. ...... vii
Introduction.
ChaptOenre :C ategoarnideL so giicnt heT hirteeCnetnh-
tury. ....................... 19
ChaptTewro :I ntentainodn s ModoefsU n derstanidni ng
ThomaAsq uin.a s 45
ChapteTrh reeS:e conIdn tentiionHn esn ryo f Ghent,
Simoonf F avershaanmdR, a dulphBursi. t o 68
ChaptFeoru rS:e conIdn tentiinoD nusn sS cot.u .s 99
ChaptFeirv Sec:o tounst heLo gicCaoln sideroaftC iaotne -
gories. 138
ChaptSeirx S:c otuRse'asd ionfgA risto'tClaet'esg o.r ie1s7'1
Bibliography
Primasroyu r.c.. e s. . . . . . . . . . . . .2 0.3 . . . . .
Secondsaoruyr ces 208
IndeoxfN ame.s. ...... .... 219
IndeoxfS ubjec.t.s. .......... .......... 223

PREFACE
Seversatlu dhiaevsbe e edne votteoDd u nsS cotutsh'eso logaincda l
metaphysoiuctapluH ti.sc ontributtoil oongasin cd p hilosophical
logihco,w evehra,v en otr eceimvuecdh a ttentSicoont.u cso'ms­
mentaroineP so rphyIrsy'asga ondgA er istoCtalterie'esgDs oe,I tnperre­
tatiaonnd eSpo,h istRiquctaalt ihoavneso f tebne enc onsidered
youthwfourlk asn,d c onsequehnatvlbeye enne glecWtheedn.c on­
sideraegda intshte ibra ckgrouhnodw,e veSrc,o tulso'gsi ccoaml­
mentardiiessc laof sree asnhd b rillrieaandtio nfAg r istaontdlb ee ar
witnetsots h el ivedleyb atoefts h ee ndo ft het hirteceenntthu Irny .
thiwso rkI,d on oti ntetnodp roviadg ee neraasls essmofeD nutn s
Scotucso'nst ribtuotl ioogniR ca.t heIrf ,o cousna s peciqfiuce stion,
namelwyh yA ristoCtlaet'esgw oerriec eonss idear leodg icwaolr k
andc,o nsequehnotwll yo,g wiac st hougthotd eawli tcha tegories.
Witht hiqsu estiinom ni ndI,a pproaSccho taunsd h icso ntempo­
rariwersi't ianngdsl ogidcoaclt riSniensc.Se c otiussp articularly
carewfhuelnd ividtihnerg e specfiteilvodesf l ogaincd m etaphysics,
Ih opteh atth isst udwyi lall ssoh eldi gohnth owt hirteenth-century
authocrosn ceimveetda phyassit chess cienocfwe h atth eriesi nt he
worladso pposteodt hew ayi ti su nderstood.
Durintgh ee laboraotfti hoinws o rkI,h avceo ntraac dteedbo tf
gratittuomd aen yp eopalne di nstituAtmioonngs .tl haet tIea rm,
happtyo m entitohne S cuolNao rmalSeu periPoirsew,ah ,e rien
1997I d efendmeyd d octoral disosnse ormteao tfti hoetn h emes
witwhh icIhd eailn t hep resesnttu d.y aIm alsfoo nodf r emem­
berimnygt imaet U niverCsoiltlye Lgoen do(n1 996-a9n7dt) h eD e
Wulf-MasCieonnt ruamtt heH ogeIrn stivtououWrti jsbegeoefr te
theK atholieke UnLievuevres(ni1 t9e9i7t-T 9h9e)I .t aliCaNnR
fundmeyds taiynL euvednu ritnhges umme1r9 9(7S hoMrotb ility
ProgramT)h.e Onderzoeks(rReasaeda rcCho unciolf) t he
KatholiUenkiev ersLietueviegtnr antmeed a junifoerl lowisnh ip
the year 1T9h9eP8 o-n9t9i.fi Icnaslt iotfuM teed iaeSvtauld iiens
Toront(ow heIrs et ayiend 2000-01,t oat fhealnlkoswf suhnidpe d
byt heM elloFno undatpiroonv)i daende xcellpelnatcw eh erIe
coulcda rroyu tt hefi narle visoifto hni wso rk.
Amongt hep eopwlheo h elpmeed, I a m particugarraltyet fou l
viii PREFACE
FrancesDceolP untaw,h os awt heb eginnionftg h irse searacnhd
alwaypsr ovidheids p recioaudsv icoen mostv ariomuast ters.
MarylMicnC ordA damsS,t efaDnioB ellGai,a nfraFnicoor avanti,
MassimMou gnaia,n dD ominiPke rlreera da nI talivaenr sioofn
someo ft hei deatsh arte sulitnetdto h ep resesnttdu y.M ichaJe.l
Louxa ndC laudPea naccrieoa da firsvte rsioofnt hiwso rkAl.l o f
thems uggesmtaendy c orrectainodni sm provemeInftI s w.a sn ot
ablteo f olltohwe aidr viocene vermya ttetrh,iw sa so nldyu et om y
incapa.cC iotnycetta rLeuanada fi rsvte rsioofnt heI ntroduction.
RobertLoa mbertainndiA ndreTaa barrognein erousshlayr etdh eir
knowledogfem edievlaolg iwci tmhe andp rovidmeudc hn eeded
encouragemAelnets.s anDd.r oCo ntiS,i lvDioan atSit, epheDn.
Dumonta,n dC ecilTirai fopgrloiv idmeed withm ateriaildse,a s,
andf riendsChoinpv.e rsatwiiotnthsh emg readcyl arifimeyd c on­
fusevdi ewasn ds avemde fromm anyf auxp asC.a rloSst eeJlo,s
Decortaen,da ltlh ep eoplaett heD eW ulf-MansCieonnt rumma de
my staiyn L euvemno stp rofitabalnede njoyabAlned.r eas Speer
hasb eeng enerowuist h adavnidcf er iendsahsai lpw,a ys.
Anye rrocrosn tainient dh ibso oko,f c oursaer,ee ntirmeyl rye ­
sponsibility.
Ifi nalwliys tho t hanakl tlh ef rienwdhso m adem e feealth ome
whetheirnP isaL,o ndonL,e uveno,rT orontToh.i sb ooki sd edi­
catetdo t hem.
INTRODUCTION
Sincteh et imoef A ristoctaltee,g ohraiveebs e ent hes ubjeocft
muchd ebatTeh.ii ss i,np arbte,c autshee ayr ec entrtaot lw oc on­
nectbeudtd istipnhcitl osopahriecatashl:se t udoyfw hat tihsie nr e
thwe orladn dt her eflectoino nh owwet hiankb ouitt .
Iti sa gretehda cta tegoarriceel sa ssifnioctaitoobnrusytt, h eraer e
somer ecurrqiunegs tiFoinrssw.th a,ts orotfso bjecatrsec lassified
bym eanosf c ategorSieecso?nh do,w m anyc ategoarriete hse re?
Thircda,nw eg ivaed erivaotfic oant egosroti heaswt e c anb es ure
thatth el iissct o mplete?
Fora lontgi met,h ed ebaotnet hen atuorfec ategotroioetksh e
foromf a d iscusosfit ohne coirnrteecrtp reotfaA triiosnto wtolrek' s
knowans ' aCtesg'oIri.nt e hisst udIyw ,i lflo cuosnt hel ogiicnatle r­
pretatoifAo rni stottrleea'tosif sfee bryec de rtpahiinl osoaptht ehres
endo ft het hirteceenntthu Bryyt .h atti mec,o mmentaotnoA rrsi s­
tothlaed d evelopevdi ettwhh ea lto gwiacs t hes cienccoen cerned
witthh ew ayw eu ndersttahnewd o rlrda,t htehra tnh es tudoyft he
wayt hew orlids- whicwha ss eeans t heo bjeocftm etaphysSioc s.
conceivleodg,iw ca sr egardaesad second-okrndoewrl edtghee,
studoyft he propoeurrit niteesl lect taott thriinibgnusst oefsaa sr
theayr eu nderstTohoeds.ae u thoarlssm oa intaitnhealdto gdieca ls
witshp ecisfiecc,o nd-oorbdjeerct thses, o -caslelceodin ndt entions.
Thel ogisctauldo yfc ategowraispe asr otf t hceo nsideroaftt hieo n
wayi nw hicwhe u nderstandi ntt hhien gesx traw-omrelntda.l
Them ainf ocuosf m y inquiwriyl ble J ohnD unsS cotus
(1265/66-1w3h0o8p )r,o viad evse rcyo hererneta dionfgA ris­
totlCeat'es goari bersil,l eixaenrtci inws hea wte n owc altlh ep hilos­
ophyo fl ogiSci.n chei isn sigchatnbs e f ulalpyp recioantleiydf
comparteodt h ep ositoifoh nisps r edeceasnsdoc rosn temporaries,
Ih avdee votmeudc ha ttenttiooo tnh earu thoirnst ,h eh opoe fr e­
trievSicnogt furso tmh ie solattoiw ohni csho meh istorhiaavnrese l­
egatheidm S.c otaunsd h icso ntemporfaarciemedas n yp roblems
thaatr sei mitloat rh osoefc ontempoprhairlyo soipnhteerrse isnt ed
metaphyseipciss,t emoalnodgt yh,ep hilosoopflh oyg ibcu,tt here
area lsiom portdainffte rebnectewse tehnet woA.s a c onsequeIn ce,
havter iteodm aintaainnde xplatihnel anguaagneda pproatcoh
2 INTRODUCTION
problems toyfSp cioctaaulns d o fh icso ntemporianro iredset ro
understtahnedpi rro jeacstt h ewye rlei ketlouy n derstiattn hde m­
selvIeh sa.v ael smoa dea s peceifaflot roat v oigde nertaalgs su cahs
'nominalainsd'm r'e aliwshmi'cm,ha yb eh elpifnuo lt hecro ntexts
buth ermea ym isleFaodre. x amplSec,o tiusus s ualcllya ssias fiae d
realbiustth ,i lso gidcoaclt roifnc ea tegotruirenossu tt oh avree ­
markabwleya ko ntologpirceaslu pposIintg ieonnesrw.ae lm ,u sbte
cautiionuo su ra pproaicnoh r detrod istingbueitswhet ehne r e­
spectrievael omfsm etaphyasnidct sh e philoosflo opghiywc h:a t
appliieno sn efi elmda yn oth olidn t heo ther.
This wcoarnkp erhabpesb etter assae nea nt temtpotr econ­
struacp th asient hhei stoofrA yr istoteltihaienn itsemr:p reotfa tion
AristoCtalet'esga osar tireesa toifst eh ep hilosoopflh yo gciocn ­
cernweidt cho ncecpatlsl 'esde coinndt entiBoytn hset'i .m teh iisn ­
terpretwaatsdi eovne lotphedede ,b aotnet heC ateghoadra ileresa dy
hada lonhgi stoCroy.n sequeInwil tlly, n owc ursorrielvyit ehwe
most faimnotuesr pretoaftt hieCo anst egforrotmih eets i moef A ris­
tottloet hem id-thirtceeennttuhr y.
I.A ristotle
Aristportelsee hnitssso -calliloseftdc ategoirnis eesv eprlaalc iens
hiwsr itiYnegtos n.l tyw icdeo ehse l itsetni temisnc: h aptfeoruo rf
theC atergioeansd'i n c haptneirn e tohfefi rsbto oko ft heT poicSl.
Another importanwth erpAear sissatgoietn lter odutcheecs a te­
goriiesis nc haptseerv eonft hfief tbho ookf t hMe etyasphiwchse,re
hel isotnsl eyi ghitt emTsh.e3 raer em anyo bscuriintt iheessp ea s­
sageasn,di nterprheatvenero stc eased discussing them. Specifically,
iti sn otc lewahre ther Ariisis nttortoldeu ocniean ngd t hes amed i­
visiionan l tlh repea ssagReesc.e ntilthy a,se vebne edno ubttehda t
Aristionttleen tdops r oviad cel assificEavteinwo hne.nA ristiost le
thougthobt e i ntroduacc ilnags sifichaotwieovnie,tri , sc lenaeri ther
whahte i s clasnsoirhf oywih neog b taitnhsle i osftt hseo -caclalte­d
egories.'
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