Language in dispute : an English translation of Peter of Spain's Tractatus, called afterwards Summulae logicales : on the basis of the critical edition established by L.M. de Rijk

Author(s)

• John XXI, Pope, d. 1277
• Dinneen, Francis P.

Bibliographic Information

Language in dispute : an English translation of Peter of Spain's Tractatus, called afterwards Summulae logicales : on the basis of the critical edition established by L.M. de Rijk

Peter of Spain ; by Francis P. Dinneen

（Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, Series III . Studies in the history of the language sciences, v. 39）

J. Benjamins, 1990

Other Title

Summulae logicales

Uniform Title

Summulae logicales

Note

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume presents an English translation of Petrus Hispanus Portugalensis' (d. 1277) Tractatus - called afterwards Summulae Logicales - on the basis of the critical edition established by L. M. de Rijk (1972). The Summulae's first part (I-V) introduces Aristotelian ideas familiar enough at the time to be called Old Logic; the second (VI-XII) studies properties of terms, then considered novelties of Modern Logic. The two most important properties of terms were Supposition (meaning-as-reference) and Signification (meaning-as-sense). Among the questions raised were how senses and referents are related. Classifications recorded by Hispanus became part of Western traditional education. His Summulae was widely required as a text for generations, and later texts borrowed, amended, rejected or extended parts of it. The Summulae is also worth evaluating in the light of debate about the 'scientific' status of Linguistics. Hispanus claimed Dialectic was a study prerequisite to all others, because it shows how to test their fundamental assumptions. Norms he proposed for this rigorous interpretation of language are public, refutable, and countable, all characteristics claimed for 'science'.

Table of Contents

• 1. Acknowledgements
• 2. Foreword
• 3. Contents
• 4. Introduction
• 5. Summulae Logicales
• 6. Tract I: On Introductory Notions
• 7. On Dialectic
• 8. On Sound
• 9. On Vocal Expression (Vox)
• 10. On the Noun
• 11. On the Verb
• 12. On the Word - Group (oratio)
• 13. On the Proposition
• 14. On the Categoric Proposition and its threefold division
• 15. On the Hypothetic Proposition and its Division
• 16. On Mode
• 17. On Modal Propositions
• 18. Tract II: On Predicables
• 19. On Predicable
• 20. On Commonalities and Differences of Predicables
• 21. On Predication
• 22. On Denominatives
• 23. Tract III: On Predicaments
• 24. On some prefatory notions
• 25. On Substance
• 26. On Quantity
• 27. On Compared-to-Another (Relation)
• 28. On Quality
• 29. On Action
• 30. On Passion (to undergo: Pati)
• 31. On a four-fold opposition
• 32. On Prior
• 33. On Together
• 34. On Change (Motus)
• 35. On Possession (Habere)
• 36. Tract IV: On Syllogisms
• 37. On the Proposition
• 38. On the Syllogism
• 39. On the First Figure
• 40. On the Second Figure
• 41. On Reduction through the Impossible
• 42. On the Third Figure
• 43. On some Rules
• 44. On unusable Connexities (conjugatio)
• 45. Tract V: On Topics
• 46. On the multiple ambiguity of Ratio
• 47. On Argument and Argumentation
• 48. On Topic in General
• 49. On Intrinsic Topics
• 50. On the Topic from Substance
• 51. On the Topic from Concomitants of Substance
• 52. On the Topic from Cause
• 53. On the Topic from Generation
• 54. On the Topic from Corruption
• 55. On the Topic from Uses
• 56. On the Topic from Things Commonly Co-occurring
• 57. On Extrinsic Topics
• 58. On the Topic from Opposites
• 59. On the Topic from the Greater and the Lesser
• 60. On the Topic from Like
• 61. On the Topic from Proportion
• 62. On the Topic from Transfer
• 63. On the Topic from Authority
• 64. On Mediate Topics
• 65. On the Topic from Conjugates
• 66. On the Topic from Derivates (cases)
• 67. On the Topic from Division
• 68. Tract VI: On Suppositions
• 69. On Signification
• 70. On Supposition and Copulation
• 71. On the Division of Supposition
• 72. Tract VII: On Fallacies
• 73. Introduction
• 74. On the Definition of Disputation
• 75. On the Division of Disputation
• 76. On Sophistical Disputation and its Ends
• 77. On the thirteen Fallacies
• 78. On Linguistic Fallacies
• 79. On Equivocation
• 80. On the Definition of Fallacy
• 81. On the Definition of Equivocation
• 82. On the Division of Equivocation
• 83. On Amphiboly
• 84. On the Definition of Amphiboly
• 85. On the Modes Common to Equivocation and Amphiboly
• 86. On Composition and Division
• 87. On Potential Polysemy
• 88. Objections
• 89. On Composition
• 90. On Division
• 91. On Accent
• 92. On the Definition of Accent
• 93. On the Causes and Modes of Accent
• 94. Doubts
• 95. On Word-Figure
• 96. On the Mode of Signifying in a Word (dictio)
• 97. On Figure
• 98. On Word-Figure
• 99. On Causes and Modes of Word-Figure
• 100. On Extralinguistic Fallacies
• 101. On Accident
• 102. On Causes and Modes of Accident
• 103. On The Fallacy After-A-Fashion and Simply
• 104. On the Definition of these Terms
• 105. On Causes and Modes of this Fallacy
• 106. On Ignoring Refuting Evidence
• 107. On Refutation (elenchus)
• 108. On Ignorance
• 109. On Ignorantia elenchi
• 110. On the Causes and Modes of this Fallacy
• 111. On Assuming the Point at Issue
• 112. On its Definition
• 113. On Causes amd Modes of this Fallacy
• 114. On The Fallacy of Consequent
• 115. On Consequence
• 116. On Causes and Modes of this Fallacy
• 117. On the Fallacy of Non-Cause as Cause
• 118. On two kinds of Syllogism
• 119. On the Fallacy of Non-cause as Cause
• 120. On the Causes of this Fallacy
• 121. On the Fallacy of Many Questions as One
• 122. On Statement, Proposition, Interrogation and Conclusion
• 123. On Reduction of all Fallacies
• 124. On two kinds of Ignoring the Point at issue
• 125. On generic Reduction
• 126. On specific Reduction
• 127. Tract VIII: On Relatives
• 128. On two kinds of Relative
• 129. On Substantive Relatives
• 130. On Identical Relatives
• 131. Questions
• 132. Doubts
• 133. On Relatives of Diversity
• 134. On a rule about a Relative of Diversity
• 135. On a rule about a relative of Identity given by predecessors
• 136. Objections
• 137. On a certain rule about a Relative of Identity
• 138. On Relatives of Accident
• 139. On division of a Relative of Accident
• 140. On Relatives of Accidental Identity
• 141. On the words such, so great, so many, as often, so often
• 142. Tract IX: On Extensions
• 143. On Personal Supposition
• 144. On Restriction and Extension
• 145. On the Division of Extension
• 146. A Sophism
• 147. On two Rules
• 148. Tract X: On Appellations
• 149. On the Definition of Appellation
• 150. On the Division of Appellation
• 151. On the Appellation of a Common Term
• 152. Tract XI: On Restrictions
• 153. On the Definition of Restriction
• 154. On the Division of Restriction
• 155. Tract XII: On Distributions
• 156. On the Definition of Distribution
• 157. On Universal Markers
• 158. Index of References
• 159. Index of Words and Things
• 160. Index of Sophisms and Examples

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA10537091
• ISBN:
  • 902724524X
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: spa
• Place of Publication: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: xxxix, 271 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BC60
  • DC20 : 160
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Logic -- Early works to 1800
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0036280X