Ockham on Aristotle's Physics: A Translation of Ockham's Brevis Summa Libri Physicorum
In William Ockham on Metaphysics, Jenny Pelletier offers an account of Ockham's concept of metaphysics as it emerges throughout his philosophical and theological work.
They are meant to introduce the reader to the central themes of Part I of the Summa, but, while introductory, these essays incorporate a controversial interpretation of Ockham which is intended to suggest a continuity between his philosophy ...
This volume contains selections of Ockham's philosophical writings which give a balanced introductory view of his work in logic, metaphysics, and ethics.
A collection of the influential ethical writings of medieval philosopher William of Ockham, published in English for the first time.
This is no coincidence. From the laws that keep a ball in motion to those that govern evolution, simplicity, he claims, has shaped the universe itself.
This book provides a thorough grounding in Ockham's life and his many contributions to philosophy. It begins with an overview of the philosopher's youth and the Aristotelian philosophy he studied as a boy.
The Philosophy of William of Ockham: In the Light of Its Principles
Mental Language examines the background of Ockham's innovation by tracing the history of the mental language theme in ancient and medieval thought.
This text contains detailed discussion and analysis of Dun Scotus's accounts of the nature of matter and the structure of material substance. His views on these matters are sophisticated and highly original.