Lo staff di Idee In Bozza è lieto di annunciare il primo seminario del ciclo 2018/2019. Prima speaker di questa stagione è Irene Binini (PhD, University of Freiburg/University of Oxford) con un intervento titolato: “La distinzione de re/de dicto: una scoperta logica del XII secolo”. Vi aspettiamo numerosi Lunedì 29 Ottobre presso l'aula A1 del... Continue Reading →
My current research on 12th century logic
My research focuses on medieval theories of modality and modal logic, with a particular attention to 12th century logical debates. My doctoral thesis offers a major reassessment of Peter Abelard’s theory of necessity and possibility, presenting it as being far more uniform and consistent than was until now recognized, and providing a deeper understanding of... Continue Reading →
Leeds, July 2017. “My future son is possibly alive. Existential import in Abelard’s modal logic”.
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to investigate the problem of existential import in Abelard’s modal logic, and to ask whether the system of logical relationships that he proposes for modal claims maintains its validity when some of the terms included in these claims are empty. In the following, I first argue that,... Continue Reading →
21st European Symposium on Medieval Logic and Metaphysics. Pisa, June 2016.
A cura di: FABRIZIO AMERINI MASSIMO MUGNAI RICCARDO STROBINO JUNE, 30 THURSDAY 15.00 Opening of the Symposium Welcome of the Director of the Scuola Normale Superiore15.30 CHRISTOPHER MARTIN (Auckland University) Abaelard’s Theories of Wholes and Parts and Some Evidence About Later Developments in the Twelfth Century Schools 16.30 Coffee-break 17.00 STEN EBBESEN (University of Copenhagen) COSTANTINO MARMO (University of... Continue Reading →