OCKHAM AND THE FUNCTION OF ABSTRACTION

Authors

  • Rodrigo Guerizoli UFRJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v16i1.12407

Keywords:

Abstraction, intuition, William of Ockham.

Abstract

Abstraction was traditionally considered an essential element of any theory of cognition that denied that we are able to have an immediate intellectual apprehension of material things. From an historical point of view, however, this scenario of alternative – either abstraction or immediate intellectual apprehension of material things – was not assumed by several authors of the 14th century. The aim of the present study is to elucidate how and why one of these authors, William of Ockham (ca. 1285-1347), employed in his theory on the mechanisms of human cognition both intuition and abstraction. In order to carry out this project, several texts of Ockham and his interpreters will be analyzed.

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Author Biography

Rodrigo Guerizoli, UFRJ

Possui graduação em História pela Universidade Federal Fluminense, graduação e mestrado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro e doutorado em Filosofia pela Universidade de Colônia, Alemanha. Atualmente é Professor Adjunto do departamento de Filosofia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Tem experiência na área de Filosofia, atuando principalmente nas seguintes sub-áreas: Filosofia Medieval Escolástica, Metafísica e Epistemologia.

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Published

2010-12-07

How to Cite

GUERIZOLI, Rodrigo. OCKHAM AND THE FUNCTION OF ABSTRACTION. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 16, n. 1, p. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v16i1.12407, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v16i1.12407. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/12407. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2011): Medieval Philosophy

Section

Artigos Originais

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