On the Relation between Natural Philosophy, Mathematics and Logic in the Investigation on Atomism in the Middle Ages

In the first half of the fourteenth century, a great polemic surrounding atomistic conceptions arose at the University of Oxford and the University of Paris. This paper will focus on the use of two tools of investigation on atomism, to wit, "thought experiments" and the "theory of sup...

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Autor: Queiroz, Lídia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:199213
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/199213
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:A priori
Thought experiments
Theory of supposition
Thomas Bradwardine
Experimentos de pensamiento
Teoría de la suposición
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Sumario:In the first half of the fourteenth century, a great polemic surrounding atomistic conceptions arose at the University of Oxford and the University of Paris. This paper will focus on the use of two tools of investigation on atomism, to wit, "thought experiments" and the "theory of supposition", which reveal the prominence of the a priori in late medieval debates on atomism. The paper intends to show the heuristic role of those two tools in the investigation of unobservable phenomena. The imaginative scenarios express the relation between natural philosophy, mathematics and logic, illustrating the medieval conception of science.