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Supposition theory

Supposition theory was a branch of medieval logic that was probably aimed at giving accounts of issues similar to modern accounts of reference, plurality, tense, and modality, within an Aristotelian context. Philosophers such as John Buridan, William of Ockham, William of Sherwood, Walter Burley, Albert of Saxony, and Peter of Spain were its principal…

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Supposition theory → Anthony Kenny, Articulating, Assen, Bos, Brill, Cambridge History, Cambridge University Press, Clarendon Press, Consequentiae, De Rijk, Development, Dordrecht, Dutilh Novaes, Encyclopedia, Formalizing Medieval Logical Theories, ISBN, Jan Pinborg, Kneale, Kretzmann, Lagerlund

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