John Dumbleton

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John Dumbleton (Johannes Dumbleton) (approx. 1310 - approx . 1349 ) was an English logician, natural philosopher and scholastic at Merton College , Oxford , where he held the rank of Fellow in 1338 . He was one of the four Oxford Calculators , along with Thomas Bradwardine , William Heytesbury and Richard Swineshead . Little is known about his life and career.

His masterpiece was Summa logicae et philosophiae naturalis ( Compendium of Logic and Natural Philosophy ).

literature

  • George Molland: Dumbleton, John . In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
  • James A. Weisheipl : The Place of John Dumbleton in the Merton School . In: Isis 50 , 1959, pp. 439-454
personal data
SURNAME Dumbleton, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dumbleton, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English logician, natural philosopher and scholastic
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH around 1349