William of Sherwood
William of Sherwood , Latinized Guilelmus de Shyreswood , (* around 1200 / 1210 in Nottinghamshire ; † around 1266 / 1272 ) was an English logician of the Middle Ages .
Live and act
William was probably born in Nottinghamshire between 1200 and 1210 and studied like many educated people of his compatriots at the University of Oxford , where he obtained his master's degree in 1252 . 1257 he was treasurer of Lincoln Cathedral . A presumed teaching activity at the university in Paris cannot be proven.
The dating of his writing Introductiones in logicam is estimated differently (1230-1250). It is questionable whether it is earlier than the more widespread, similar Summulae logicales of his contemporary Petrus Hispanus. In any case, both works contain the oldest known versions of the brief description of the Aristotelian syllogistic that is still in use today. But only the better elaborated mnemonic syllogistics of Petrus Hispanus has spread .
Works
- Introductiones in logicam = introduction to logic. Lat.- German, ed. v. Hartmut Brands u. Christoph Kann. Meiner, Hamburg 1995. ISBN 978-3-7873-1463-8
- Sync category schemes . Lat.- German Critical to the text, edited, translated, introduced and with note vers. by Christoph Kann and Raina Kirchhoff. Meiner, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7873-2196-4
literature
- Klaus Jacobi : The modal terms in the logical writings of Wilhelm von Shyreswood and in other compendia of the 12th and 13th centuries. Function determination and use in logical analysis . (Studies and texts on the intellectual history of the Middle Ages XIII) Verlag Brill, Leiden and Cologne 1980. ISBN 90-04-06048-0
- Raina Kirchhoff: The syncategoremata of Wilhelm von Sherwood. Commentary and historical classification , (studies and texts on the intellectual history of the Middle Ages, vol. 98). Brill, Leiden 2008, ISBN 978-90-04-16633-2
- JP Beckmann: Article "Wilhelm von Sherwood" in: Lexikon des Mittelalters, IX, 190.
Web links
- Literature by and about William of Sherwood in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | William of Sherwood |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guilelmus de Shyreswood |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English logician of the Middle Ages |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1200 or around 1210 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1266 or around 1272 |