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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100754632288
ISBN-139780754632283
eBay Product ID (ePID)2446351
Product Key Features
Number of Pages210 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameOckham on concepts
Publication Year2004
SubjectHistory & Surveys / Medieval, General
TypeTextbook
AuthorClaude Panaccio
Subject AreaPhilosophy
SeriesAshgate Studies in Medieval Philosophy Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2004-008560
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal121.4
Table Of ContentContents: Introduction; Intuition, abstraction, and mental language; Intellectual acts; Concepts as signs; Connotative terms in mental language; The role of nominal definitions; Cognition and connotation; Concepts as similitudes; Logical concepts; The Meaning of words; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
SynopsisWilliam of Ockham (c.1287-1347) is known to be one of the major figures of the late Middle Ages. The scope and significance of his doctrine of human thought, however, has been a controversial issue among scholars in the last decade, and this book presents a full discussion of recent developments. Claude Panaccio proposes a richly documented and entirely original reinterpretation of Ockham's theory of concepts as a coherent blend of representationalism, conceptual atomism, and non reductionist nominalism, stressing in the process its special interest for current discussions in philosophy of mind and cognitive sciences.