insolubilia

Part III. 3 is in effect Ockham's theory of consequence, although it also includes discussions of semantic paradoxes like the Liar (the so called insolubilia) and of the still little-understood disputation form known as “obligation.”

William of Ockham Spade, Paul Vincent 2006

Several instructive observations can be made about the medieval insolubilia-literature.

Insolubles Spade, Paul Vincent 2009

Sophistic Refutations 25, 180a27-b7, that, from almost the very beginning of the insolubilia-literature to the end of the Middle Ages, served as the framework for discussing insolubles.

Insolubles Spade, Paul Vincent 2009

The widespread appeal to this passage throughout the history of the insolubilia-literature indicates that the text did play some role in prompting medieval interest in insolubles.

Insolubles Spade, Paul Vincent 2009

If he was the catalyst for the medieval discussions, we would have expected to find that term in the insolubilia-literature, and we do not; the unanimous medieval term is ˜insolubles™.

Insolubles Spade, Paul Vincent 2009

The preceding theories represent the earliest stage of the insolubilia-literature.

Insolubles Spade, Paul Vincent 2009

By contrast with these passages, none of which was cited in the insolubilia-literature, there is a text from Aristotle's

Insolubles Spade, Paul Vincent 2009

The period of greatest innovation and sophistication in the medieval insolubilia-literature was the second quarter of the fourteenth century.

Insolubles Spade, Paul Vincent 2009

The influential view of William Heytesbury was that insolubles should be resolved in the context of an obligatio, a specialized form of disputation, and Heytesbury proposes rules for solving insolubilia as well as sophismata in this way (Spade, 1982, 252).

Literary Forms of Medieval Philosophy Sweeney, Eileen 2008

Although it has usually been supposed that medieval interest in sophismata and insolubilia came from medieval scholars 'exposure to ancient sources, like Arisotle's

Literary Forms of Medieval Philosophy Sweeney, Eileen 2008