Walter Chatton
Walter Chatton (* 1285 or 1290 in Chatton , Northumberland , † 1343 in Avignon ) was an English philosopher and theologian. He served as an advisor to two popes and briefly held a bishopric in Wales . He achieved lasting fame as an early critic of Wilhelm von Ockham , with whom he was studying and teaching at the University of Oxford at the same time .
Life
At the age of 14 Walter Chatton entered the Franciscan order ; he was ordained priest in 1407. He spent his studies in Oxford, where probably all of his works were created. From 1333 he was temporarily active as an advisor to the Pope in Avignon and Rome . His appointment as Bishop of St Asaph in Wales in 1343 could no longer be fulfilled, as he died soon after in Avignon.
Works
- Reportatio super Sententias (1321–1323) The main work was published in four parts.
- Reportatio super Sententias: Liber I, distinctiones 1–9. Ed. Joseph C. Wey and Girard J. Etzkorn. [Studies and Texts 141] Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2002.
- Reportatio super Sententias: Liber I, distinctiones 10–48. Ed. Joseph C. Wey and Girard J. Etzkorn. [Studies and Texts 142] Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2002.
- Reportatio super Sententias: Liber II. Ed. Joseph C. Wey and Girard J. Etzkorn. [Studies and Texts 148] Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2004.
- Reportatio super Sententias: Libri III-IV. Ed. Joseph C. Wey and Girard J. Etzkorn. [Studies and Texts 149] Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2005.
literature
- Rondo Keele: Ockham Explained: From Razor to Rebellion. Open Court, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8126-9650-9 .
- Jeremiah Joseph O'Callaghan: Walter of Chatton's Doctrine of Intuitive and Abstractive Knowledge. Ph.D. Thesis at the University of Toronto, 1949, digitized .
- Johannes Madey : Walter von Chatton. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 13, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-072-7 , Sp. 233-134.
Web links
- Rondo Keele: Entry in Edward N. Zalta (Ed.): Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy .
- Literature by and about Walter Chatton in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walter Chatton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gualterus de Chatton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English philosopher and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1285 or 1290 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chatton , Northumberland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1343 |
| Place of death | Avignon |