John Buridan

by Gyula Klima

John Buridan (ca. 1300-1362) has worked out perhaps the most comprehensive account of nominalism in the history of Western thought, the philosophical doctrine according to which the only universals in reality are "names" the common terms of our language and the common concepts of our minds. But these items are universal only in their signification; they are singular entities like any other in reality. This book examines what is most intriguing to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0052DRXE6
• ISBN13: 9780195176230
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.1"