Change and Contradiction in Henry of Ghent

Hugh of Novocastro, Landolfo Caracciolo, John Baconthorpe, and some other medieval authors argued that there are real contradictions in nature. The background of this early fourteenth-century theory was the Aristotelian question of how to determine the instant of change between p and ~p. The argumen...

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Published in:Vivarium
Main Author: Knuuttila, Simo 1946-2022 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Vivarium
RelBib Classification:KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages
NBC Doctrine of God
NBD Doctrine of Creation
NBJ Mariology
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Henry of Ghent birth contradiction corruption generation instant of change instant of time sanctification sign of nature
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Summary:Hugh of Novocastro, Landolfo Caracciolo, John Baconthorpe, and some other medieval authors argued that there are real contradictions in nature. The background of this early fourteenth-century theory was the Aristotelian question of how to determine the instant of change between p and ~p. The argument was that these are simultaneously true at the temporal instant of change if it is an instant of changing. The author’s aim is to discuss the background of this view in Henry of Ghent’s theory of instantaneous change from potentiality to actuality at that very instant.
ISSN:1568-5349
Contains:In: Vivarium
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685349-12341331