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The Cambridge Translations of Medieval Philosophical Texts: Volume 1, Logic and the Philosophy of Language

Eleonore Stump editor Norman Kretzmann editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:24th Feb '89

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This volume is concerned with the logic and the philosophy of language and has a comprehensive index.

This volume is concerned with the logic and the philosophy of language, and comprises fifteen important texts on questions of meaning and inference that formed the basis of Medieval philosophy. The editors have provided a full introduction to the volume and detailed introductory headnotes to each text; the volume is also indexed comprehensively.This is the first of a three-volume anthology intended as a companion to The Cambridge History of Later Medieval Philosophy. Volume 1 is concerned with the logic and the philosophy of language, and comprises fifteen important texts on questions of meaning and inference that formed the basis of Medieval philosophy. As far as is practicable, complete works or topically complete segments of larger works have been selected. The editors have provided a full introduction to the volume and detailed introductory headnotes to each text; the volume is also indexed comprehensively.

"As we expect from Kretzmann, the scholarship is impeccable, and the major points the reader needs to know are made clearly and succinctly. Those of us with an interest in medieval grammar have needed for some time a guide like this to the parallel tradition." Canadian Journal of Linguistics

ISBN: 9780521280631

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 31mm

Weight: 790g

544 pages