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Walter Chatton on future contingents : between formalism and ontology
- Title
- Walter Chatton on future contingents : between formalism and ontology / By Jon Bornholdt.
- Author
- Bornholdt, Jon
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.
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- Description
- xi, 536 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- In 'Walter Chatton on future contingents', Jon Bornholdt presents the first full-length translation, commentary, and analysis of the various attempts by Chatton (14th century C.E.) to solve the ancient problem of the status and significance of statements about the future. At issue is the danger of so-called logical determinism: if it is true now that a human will perform a given action tomorrow, is that human truly free to perform or refrain from performing that action? Bornholdt shows that Chatton constructed an original (though problematic) formal analysis that enabled him to canvass various approaches to the problem at different stages of his career, at all times showing an unusual sensitivity to the tension between formalist and metaphysical types of solution.0.
- Series Statement
- Investigating medieval philosophy, 1879-9787 ; volume 11
- Uniform Title
- Investigating medieval philosophy ; v. 11.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-527) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-6545
- ISBN
- 9789004338333
- 9004338330
- LCCN
- 2016052784
- OCLC
- 962553150
- Author
- Bornholdt, Jon, author.
- Title
- Walter Chatton on future contingents : between formalism and ontology / By Jon Bornholdt.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Investigating medieval philosophy, 1879-9787 ; volume 11Investigating medieval philosophy ; v. 11.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-527) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Bornholdt, Jon, author. Walter Chatton on future contingents Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017 9789004338340
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-6545