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explicating the truth conditions of progressively more complicated kinds of propositions. His discussion includes what he takes to be the correct semantic treatment of quantified propositions, past tense and future tense propositions, and modal propositions, all of which are receiving much attention from contemporary philosophers. He also illustrates the use of exponential analysis to deal with propositions that prove troublesome in both semantic theory and other disciplines, such as metaphysics, physics, and theology. This type of analysis plays an essential role in his substantive philosophical and theological works, and in many cases then can hardly be understood without a prior acquaintance with this section of the Summa.
An introduction by Alfred J. Freddoso clarifies and summarizes Ockham’s theory,
discusses certain philosophical problems what it engenders, and proposes new
interpretations for parts of it. The essay will be helpful both to those interested in
Ockham as a historical figure and to those interested in his substantive systematic
contributions to logical theory
Ockham’s
Theory of
Propositions:
Part II of the Summa Logicae
Translation by Alfred J. Freddoso and Henry
Schuurman; Introduction by Alfred J. Freddoso
220 pages, 6” x 9”, paperbound, $19.00 tx
ISBN: 978-1-58731-605-0;
Cloth, $35.00
ISBN: 978-1-89031-851-2
preface, introduction, notes, index; world rights in English
publication date: August 2008