Introduction
Catarina Dutilh Novaes|Stephen Read
What counts as “medieval logic”? The Middle Ages is traditionally conceived the period between fall of Roman Empire in 410 and Byzantine 1453 (alternative end dates are Columbus’ first trip to Americas 1492 or Protestant Reformation 1517). So technically, logical theories traditions roughly AD 500 1500 could all qualify belonging realm logic”. In practice, however, this not what most us have mind when we speak medieval logic; tend think specifically textual material Latin, produced within Europe, typically from twelfth century onwards. Moreover, there issue delineating count “logic” among different topics, borders logic, grammar, metaphysics, theology, etc. were then rather fluid.
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