Sökning: "Henrik Lagerlund"
Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden Henrik Lagerlund.
1. Modal syllogistics in the Middle Ages
Sammanfattning : This thesis presents the first systematic study of the development of the theory of modal syllogistic during the Middle Ages. It traces the theory from the first commentators, after the rediscovery of Aristotle's Prior Analytics in the twelfth century, to the end of the Middle Ages in the fifteenth century. LÄS MER
2. Varieties of Necessity in John Buridan : Logic and Natural Philosophy in the Late Middle Ages
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of John Buridan's (c.1300-c.1361) conception of modalities. Modal concepts - concepts of necessity, possibility, impossibility, and contingency - describe the ways in which things could and could not be otherwise. LÄS MER
3. Aristotle’s Realism About Perceptible Qualities
Sammanfattning : This thesis is about the nature, and more specifically the ontological status of the objects of perception (that is, perceptible qualities) in Aristotle. It defends a realist interpretation. LÄS MER
4. 'Nisi temere agat' : Francisco Suárez on Final Causes and Final Causation
Sammanfattning : The main thesis of this dissertation is that final causes are beings of reason (‘entia rationis’) in the philosophy of Francisco Suárez (1547-1617). The rejection of final causes is often seen as one of the hallmarks of Early Modern philosophy, marking the transition from an earlier Aristotelian tradition. LÄS MER