Richard of Campsall

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Richard of Campsall (Ricardus de Campsalle) (c.1280-c.1350) was an English theologian and scholastic philosopher, at the University of Oxford. He was a Fellow of Balliol College and then of Merton College. He is now considered a possible precursor to the views usually associated with William of Ockham.Jorge J. E. Gracia, Timothy B. Noone, A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages (2003), p. 561

He commented on Aristotle's Prior Analytics,The History of the University of Oxford (1984), p. 427. with emphasis on "conversion" and "consequences".Norman Kretzmann, Jan Pinborg, The Cambridge History of Later Medieval Philosophy (1982), p. 293. He is an apparent innovator in speculation about God's foreknowledge, particularly concerning future contingents, around 1317.M. J. F. M. Hoenen, Marsilius of Inghen: Divine Knowledge in Late Medieval Thought (1993), p. 251.

References

  • Edward A. Synan (ed.), The Works of Richard of Campsall, Toronto: Pontifical institute of mediaeval studies, 1982.

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