![]() The introductions of McGrade are clear and concise, the translations of Kilcullen fluent and accurate, and the footnotes provide material that will be helpful to a stdent without being too intrusive.a fine achievement. One would hope that more of Ockham's theological and philosophical treatises would undergo similarly outstanding editing and translating." Christianity and Literature, "The editor and translator have done their work excellently. ![]() The translation is faithful: it reminds one of Jowett on Plato." The Canadian Catholic Review, ".an exemplary addition to the study of late medieval thought. The texts themselves represent most periods of Ockham's polemical career. There are judiciously designed biographical, bibliographical, and textological sections, and an excellent Introduction for the uninitiated. When read in conjunction with their earlier Short Discourse on Tyrannical Government, the new selections confirm that William of Ockham was a master of political thought in the western tradition. Recommended for serious scholars of the history of Western political thought." Choice, "The co-editors of this volume should be congratulated for providing much theoretical material to students of politics who do not have easy access to its original medieval Latin medium. The translations are careful and excellent, while still reading very casually. Ockham ends (chapter 18) by showing how all these fallacies err against the syllogism."This translation constitutes an important contribution to the history of Western political thought and is especially valuable as filling one of the many lacunae in the history of medieval political thought.Chapter 17 deals with the fallacy of many questions ( plures interrogationes ut unam facere)>.Chapter 16 deals with false cause ( non-causam ut causam).Chapter 15 deals with begging the question ( petitio principii).Chapter 14 deals with Ignoratio elenchi or irrelevant thesis.Chapter 13 deals with secundum quid et simpliciter.Chapter 12 deals with the fallacy of affirming the consequent.Chapter 11 deals with the fallacy of accident.Chapter 10 deals with the fallacy of 'figure of speech'.Chapter 9 deals with the fallacy of accent.Chapter 8 deals with the fallacies of composition, and division.Chapters 5-7 deal with the three types of amphiboly.Chapters 2-4 deal with the three modes of equivocation.Part IV, in eighteen chapters, deals with the different species of fallacy enumerated by Aristotle in Sophistical Refutations ( De sophisticis elenchis). Chapters 38 to 45 deal with the Theory of obligationes.Similar accounts are given by Jean Buridan and Albert of Saxony. Ockham distinguishes between 'material' and 'formal' consequences, which are roughly equivalent to the modern material implication and logical implication respectively. A consequence is 'true' when the antecedent implies the consequent. For example, 'if a man runs, then God exists' ( Si homo currit, Deus est). According to Ockham a consequence is a conditional proposition, composed of two categorical propositions by the terms 'if' and 'then'. In Part III, Ockham deals with the definition and division of consequences, and provides a treatment of Aristotle's Topical rules. The first 37 chapters of Part II are a systematic exposition of Aristotle's Topics.These 41 chapters are a systematic exposition of Aristotle's Posterior Analytics. ![]() On syllogisms containing exponible propositions.
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