Does loving every mean loving every every, even non-existent ones ?

Laurent Cesalli (1)

1 STL - Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163

The study introduces the problematic of quantification and universals in 13th century logic and in sophismatic literature in particular. In an extended appendix, the sophisma "Omnis phoenix est" from the anonymous Opus puerorum is edited (Ms. Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale 406, f. 138ra-139ra).

Mots clés: Medieval logic; sophismata; universals; quantification

Domaines: Philosophie

Laurent Cesalli. Does loving every mean loving every every, even non-existent ones ?: Universals and distribution in the Opus puerorum. J. L. Fink, H. Hansen, and M. Mora-Márquez. Logic and Language in the Middle Ages. A Volume in Honour of Sten Ebbesen, Leiden : Brill, p. 305-336, Brill, pp.305-336, 2012. ⟨halshs-00750110⟩