De Obligationibus: Rekonstruktion Einer Spatmittelalterlichen Disputationstheorie: Rekonstruktion Einer Spätmittelalterlichen Disputationstheorie - Hardcover

Keffer, Hajo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004122486 ISBN 13: 9789004122482

Publisher: Brill, 2001

Synopsis

This book presents a thorough reconstruction of the late-scholastic logical treatises De Obligationibus by the methods of modern logic and set theory. It defends the view that the treatises are intended to put forward a theory of disputation. Hajo Keffer's excellent monograph is the first full-scale treatment of the complete range of medieval treatises on Obligations, from the earliest known treatises of the mid-thirteenth century through to Paul of Pergula's tract from the early fifteenth century.

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'Hajo Keffer's excellent monograph is the first full-scale treatment of the complete range of medieval treatises on Obligations, from the earliest known treatises of the mid-thirteenth centruy through to Paul of Pergula's tract from the early fifteenth century. Here at last is a lucid statement of the evidence to decide the vexed question of interpretation, of the real purpose of obligational disputations.

Synopsis:

The late-scholastic logical treatises "De Obligationibus" deal with disputes between two participants, called opponent and respondent, who debate according to strict rules. So-called "sophismata", in which the rules seem to lead to paradoxical situations, are constructed and discussed by the medieval authors. In this book, the view that the treatises are intended to put forward a theory of disputation is advocated and pursued into the details of the medieval discussion. A thorough reconstruction of the arts obligatoria by the methods of modern logic and set theory is elaborated, which helps to clarify various medieval conceptions in this context. The use of formal means for an understanding of the author's intentions is justified by a specific hermeneutic conception, called "structural hermeneutics".

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 9004122486
• ISBN 13: 9789004122482
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 290