From a topical point of view : : dialectic in Anselm of Canterbury's De Grammatico / / by Peter Boschung.

• Superior document: Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters, Bd. 90
• Author: Boschung, Peter.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters ; Bd. 90.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1. On interpreting Anselm's De grammatico
• 1.1. Introduction
• 1.2. The influence of De grammatico on medieval logic
• 1.2.1. Was Anselm the father of supposition theory?
• 1.2.2. Fallacies and revisiting the theory of supposition
• 1.3. Reinterpreting De grammatico
• 1.4. The structure of De grammatico
• 1.4.1. De grammatico as a proto-quaestio
• 1.4.2. The structure of De grammatico
• Chapter 2. Dialectic
• 2.1. Anselm's background
• 2.1.1. Introduction
• 2.1.2. Anselm's sources
• 2.1.3. Weighing the sources
• 2.2. ICT on the art of careful reasoning
• 2.2.1. Introduction
• 2.2.2. The two divisions of dialectic
• 2.2.3. The basic notions
• 2.3. Dialectic in De grammatico
• 2.3.1. The basic terminology
• 2.3.2. Some clarifications
• 2.3.3. The distinction between the argument and the argumentation
• 2.4. Conclusion
• Chapter 3. Fallacies in De grammatico
• 3.1. Introduction
• 3.2. Anselm's sources
• 3.2.1. Sources for early medieval theory of fallacies
• 3.2.2. De grammatico and the fallacy secundum accidens
• 3.2.3. A fallacy 'secundum denominationem'?
• 3.3. Fallacies Part I: Introducing the Methodology
• 3.3.1. Preliminaries
• 3.3.2. The first set of arguments contra (1a)
• 3.3.3. The second argument contra (1a)
• 3.3.4. The third set of arguments contra (1a)
• 3.3.5. Transition to part 2
• 3.4. Fallacies Part II: Developing a theory
• 3.4.1. Introduction
• 3.4.2. Anselm's theory in a nutshell
• 3.4.3. The first alternative to the theory (Fallacy 10)
• 3.4.4. Clarifying the theory
• 3.4.5. Usus loquendi in the 12th century
• 3.4.6. Adapting the theory
• 3.4.7. The second alternative to the theory
• 3.4.8. Conclusion
• 3.5. The Verstehensregel
• 3.5.1. Introduction.
• 3.5.2. Boethian Topic as a source for the Verstehensregel
• 3.5.3. Argument and argumentation in the 12th century
• 3.5.4. Garland on argumentum and argumentatio
• 3.5.5. Reinterpreting the Verstehensregel
• Chapter 4. Reconstruction of the Fallacies in De grammatico
• 4.1. Fallacies concerned with the first argument
• 4.1.1. Fallacy 1 and 2
• 4.1.2. Fallacy 3
• 4.1.3. Fallacy 4:
• 4.1.4. Fallacy 5
• 4.1.5. Fallacy 6
• 4.1.6. Fallacy 7
• 4.2. Transition into the second part of De grammatico
• 4.3. The student's alternative theory (Fallacy 10)
• 4.3.1. First refutation of 10
• 4.3.2. Second refutation of 10
• 4.3.3. Third refutation of 10
• 4.3.4. Fourth refutation of 10
• 4.3.5. Fifth refutation of 10
• 4.3.6. Fallacy 11, 12 and 13
• 4.3.7. Fallacy 14
• 4.3.8. Fallacy 15
• 4.3.9. Fallacy 16, 17, and 18
• 4.4. Conclusion
• Chapter 5. Signification and Predication: Anselm's Sources
• 5.1. Introduction
• 5.2. The problem of paronyms and derived words
• 5.2.1. Conclusion
• 5.3. Augustine on Signification
• 5.4. Boethius on Signification
• 5.4.1. The commentary on the Categories
• 5.4.2. The second commentary on De interpretatione
• 5.4.3. Discourse and Signification
• 5.4.4. Predication in DDT and ICT
• 5.4.5. Predication in the Theological Treatises
• 5.4.6. Conclusion
• 5.5. Priscian on Signification and Paronymy
• 5.5.1. Priscian vs. Aristotle?
• 5.5.2. The participle and theories of paronymy
• 5.5.3. Signification and the parts of speech
• 5.5.4. The participle and Anselm's nugatory regresses
• 5.5.5. Priscian in the Glosule
• 5.5.6. Grammar and Dialectic in the early 12th century
• 5.5.7. Conclusion
• Chapter 6. Anselm's semantic distinctions
• 6.1. Introduction
• 6.2. Problems with a theory of signification
• 6.3. The notion of signification in the syllogisms of part I
• 6.4. The semantic distinctions.
• 6.4.1. Signification by itself (per se) and by another (per aliud)
• 6.4.2. Porphyry on inesse per se vs. inesse per accidens
• 6.4.3. Appellation
• 6.4.4. Appellation vs. signification per aliud
• 6.4.5. Usus loquendi
• 6.4.6. Signification as one
• 6.4.7. Signification principaliter and pariter
• 6.4.8. Summary
• 6.5. Application to the problem of paronyms
• 6.6.William of Conches' view of the signification of the noun
• 6.7. Metaphysical speculations from semantic considerations
• 6.8. Conclusion
• Chapter 7. An extensional account of signification per se?
• 7.1. Introduction
• 7.2. Henry's reconstruction of Anselm's position
• 7.3. Diagnostic doubts
• 7.4. Further Issues
• Chapter 8. Wrapping it up-De grammatico and 11th century logic
• 8.1. Introduction
• 8.2. The dialogue form
• 8.3. Dialectic
• 8.4. Fallacies
• 8.5. Signification theory
• 8.6. Conclusion
• Appendix: List of fallacies
• Bibliography
• General Index.