![]() It takes a close and comparative reading of Ockham's treatise on the demonstrative syllogism to justify those judgments, but Longeway provides just that. "Ockham may reasonably be regarded as the founder of empiricism in the European tradition" (p. In this respect Longeway does not mince words: " is the founder of European empiricism" (p. Even where the judgments require qualification, the analysis confirms why Ockham remains such an important thinker in the history of western philosophy. Readers familiar with the best recent studies of Ockham's thought will find that the exposition offers clarity and context. In this review I summarize and comment on the introduction, and turn to the translation and commentary where I add some additional comments on the Latin edition of SL. The introduction alone is worth the price of the book. Parts III-I, corresponding to the Prior Analytics, III-III and III-IV have not yet been translated in full. SL III consists of Ockham's treatment of arguments, and contains four sections, the first on the syllogism (III-I), the second on the demonstrative syllogism (III-II), the third on consequences (III-III), and the fourth on fallacies (III-IV). Freddoso) on propositions have already been published by the University of Notre Dame. His summaries in the Summa Logicae (henceforth SL) along with relevant questions discussed in his Prologue to Book I of his Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard stand in place of complete and formal commentaries. 1347/1348) did not write commentaries on Aristotle's Prior or Posterior Analytics. ![]()
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