suppositio

As a logician, he was at the forefront of the movement that expanded the analysis of language based on the properties of terms, especially their reference (in Latin: suppositio), but also in the exploration of new fields of logic, especially the theory of consequences.

Albert of Saxony Biard, Joél 2009

Next it gives a definition of the related terms suppositio and copulatio, and the differences between the terms significatio, suppositio and copulatio.

Peter of Spain Spruyt, Joke 2007

Others used the terminology of simpliciter and secundum quid, but applied it to reference (suppositio) rather than to truth and falsehood, so that in insolubles certain terms did not refer “absolutely” to their referents, but only “in a certain respect.”

Insolubles Spade, Paul Vincent 2009

The second division, suppositio communis, is divided into naturalis (natural) and accidentalis (coincidental).

Peter of Spain Spruyt, Joke 2007

This inconsistency runs throughout Peter's account of supposition, and comes to the fore most prominently in what he says about natural supposition (suppositio naturalis).

Peter of Spain Spruyt, Joke 2007

The tract concludes with a division of suppositio.

Peter of Spain Spruyt, Joke 2007

The fourth division, suppositio personalis, is subdivided into either derterminata (determinate = standing for a certain particular) or confusa (confused = standing for any individual falling under that name).

Peter of Spain Spruyt, Joke 2007

The third division, suppositio accidentalis, is divided into suppositio simplex (simple supposition) and suppositio personalis (personal supposition).

Peter of Spain Spruyt, Joke 2007

There is a more telling difference between significatio and suppositio naturalis, however.

Peter of Spain Spruyt, Joke 2007

Besides suppositio naturalis, Peter's (and other medievals ') conception of suppositio simplex also seems to hover between connotation and denotation.

Peter of Spain Spruyt, Joke 2007