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later medieval metaphysics Medieval Philosophy texts and studies series editorS Gyula Klima Fordham University editorial board Richard Cross Brian Davies Peter King Brian Leftow John Marenbon Robert Pasnau Giorgio Pini Richard Taylor Jack Zupko Later Medieval Metaphysics Ontology, Language, and Logic Edited by Charles Bolyard Rondo Keele and Fordham University Press • New York • 2013 Copyright © 2013 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means— electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other— except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the per sis tence or accuracy of URLs for external or third- party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Later medieval metaphysics : ontology, language, and logic / edited by Charles Bolyard and Rondo Keele. — First edition. p. cm. — (Medieval philosophy) I ncludes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 978- 0- 8232- 4472- 0 (cloth : alk. paper)— ISBN 978- 0- 8232- 4473- 7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Metaphysics— Early works to 1800. I. Bolyard, Charles, editor. II. Keele, Rondo, 1968– , editor. BD111.L28 2013 110—dc23 2012036566 Printed in the United States of America 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 First edition This volume is dedicated to Paul Vincent Spade, Emeritus Professor of Phi- losophy at Indiana University. Professor Spade spent his entire academic career at Indiana, after having earned an A.B. from Wabash College, a Licenti- ate of Mediaeval Studies from the Pontifi cal Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto, and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. Professor Spade’s scholarly work focuses primarily on medieval logic and semantic theory, especially during the fourteenth century. Figures such as Walter Burley, William of Ockham, and Thomas Bradwardine are frequent subjects of his research, but he has published on a wide range of topics and thinkers. Over the course of his career, he has authored or edited 10 books, and just shy of 100 scholarly articles, shorter translations, and shorter critical editions. In addition, he has written numerous reviews and made freely avail- able a large number of translations, critical editions, and classroom lecture materials. He is an innovator in the use of the internet as a means of dissemi- nating philosophical material, having won awards for his Medieval Logic and Philosophy web page, and having served for many years as a member of the editorial board of the online Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. For those lucky enough to have been his students, Professor Spade is best remembered for his masterful teaching. His lectures showed great philo- sophical depth and technical detail, all while being delivered in his trade- marked quirky and entertaining style. Lucid expositions of the most recondite doctrines were sprinkled with strange tidbits of “lore and gossip,” as he put it, about the phi los o phers under discussion. One learned not only the intri- cacies of supposition theory, for example, but also how death by quill pen could end an otherwise promising career. Thankfully, the storyteller himself has not yet shared that fate. Paul Vincent Spade is a teacher, scholar, jazz connoisseur, and a true lover of wisdom. And though he would deny it if asked, he is a giant upon whose shoulders many stand. May this volume of essays stand as a witness to their gratitude. Contents Ac know ledg ments xi Introduction 1 Charles Bolyard and Rondo Keele part i essence, existence, and the nature of metaphysics 1 Duns Scotus on Metaphysics as the Science of First Entity 11 Rega Wood 2 Aquinas vs. Buridan on Essence and Existence 30 Gyula Klima part ii form and matter 3 The Form of Corporeity and Potential and Aptitudinal Being in Dietrich von Freiberg’s Defense of the Doctrine of the Unity of Substantial Form 47 Brian Francis Conolly 4 Accidents in Scotus’s Metaphysics Commentary 84 Charles Bolyard part iii universals 5 Avicenna Latinus on the Ontology of Types and Tokens 103 Martin Tweedale 6 Universal Thinking as Pro cess: The Metaphysics of Change and Identity in John Buridan’s Intellectio Theory 137 Jack Zupko x Contents part iv language, logic, and metaphysics 7 Can God Know More? A Case Study in Later Medieval Discussions of Propositions 161 Susan Brower- Toland 8 The Power of Medieval Logic 188 Terence Parsons 9 Iteration and Infi nite Regress in Walter Chatton’s Metaphysics 206 Rondo Keele 10 A nalogy and Metap hor from Thomas Aquinas to Duns Scotus and Walter Burley 223 E. Jennifer Ashworth Notes 249 List of Contributors 3 01 Index 303
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