Scotus on Supposition

Abstract In his commentaries on Porphyry and Aristotle's Organon (Categories, Peri hermeneias, Sophistici elenchi, and Topics) and in his other works, John Duns Scotus shows his knowledge of both the modistic theory of language and the theory of supposition. My contribution sheds some light on...

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Published inVivarium Vol. 51; no. 1-4; pp. 233 - 259
Main Author Marmo, Costantino
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Brill 2013
Subjects
appellatio
copulatio
Epistemology. Philosophy of science. Theory of knowledge
history of semantics
Inference
John Duns Scotus
Logical suppositions
Medieval philosophy
modi intelligendi
modi significandi
modi supponendi
modism
Philosophy
Predicates
Semantics
significatio
Signification
Subject terms
suppositio
terminism
Terminology
Theoretical linguistics
Verbs
XIVTH CENTURY
Knowledge theory
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Summary:Abstract In his commentaries on Porphyry and Aristotle's Organon (Categories, Peri hermeneias, Sophistici elenchi, and Topics) and in his other works, John Duns Scotus shows his knowledge of both the modistic theory of language and the theory of supposition. My contribution sheds some light on the relationship between Scotus' philosophy of language and the theory of supposition, collecting and commenting on all the passages in which he makes use of it or discusses some theoretical points. I take into special account the almost unknown commentary on the Topics, which is preserved in a Vatican manuscript.
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ISSN:0042-7543
1568-5349
0042-7543
DOI:10.1163/15685349-12341248