en.unionpedia.org

Albert of Saxony (philosopher), the Glossary

Albert of Saxony (Latin: Albertus de Saxonia; c. 1320 – 8 July 1390) was a German philosopher and mathematician known for his contributions to logic and physics.^[1]

86 relations: Absolute (philosophy), Adposition, Aristotle, Avignon, Bahrdorf, Blasius of Parma, Categories (Aristotle), Charles University, College of Sorbonne, Critical thinking, Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations, Deductive reasoning, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Economics (Aristotle), Epistemic modality, Gerhard vom Berge, Germans, Halberstadt, Helmstedt, Hildesheim, Holy Roman Empire, Inertia, Infinity, Insolubilia, Italy, Jean Buridan, John Dumbleton, John Philoponus, Language, Latin, List of bishops of Hildesheim, List of Catholic clergy scientists, Logic, Louis of Meissen, Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Marsilius of Inghen, Mathematician, Mathematics, Medieval philosophy, Motion, Natural philosophy, Nicole Oresme, Nicomachean Ethics, Nominalism, Object of the mind, On Interpretation, On the Heavens, Padua, Paradox, Philosophy, ... Expand index (36 more) »
1316 births
14th-century German Roman Catholic bishops
14th-century German mathematicians
14th-century German philosophers
Latin commentators on Aristotle
Medieval German mathematicians
Medieval physicists
People from Helmstedt (district)
Rectors of the University of Paris
Roman Catholic Prince-Bishops of Halberstadt

Absolute (philosophy)

In philosophy (often specifically metaphysics), the absolute, in most common usage, is a perfect, self-sufficient reality that depends upon nothing external to itself.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Absolute (philosophy)

Adposition

Adpositions are a class of words used to express spatial or temporal relations (in, under, towards, behind, ago, etc.) or mark various semantic roles (of, for).

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Adposition

Aristotle

Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Aristotle

Avignon

Avignon (Provençal or Avignoun,; Avenio) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Avignon

Bahrdorf

Bahrdorf is a municipality in the district of Helmstedt, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Bahrdorf

Blasius of Parma

Blasius of Parma (Biagio Pelacani da Parma) (c. 13501416) was an Italian philosopher, mathematician and astrologer. Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Blasius of Parma are scholastic philosophers.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Blasius of Parma

The Categories (Greek Κατηγορίαι Katēgoriai; Latin Categoriae or Praedicamenta) is a text from Aristotle's Organon that enumerates all the possible kinds of things that can be the subject or the predicate of a proposition.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Categories (Aristotle)

Charles University

Charles University (CUNI; Univerzita Karlova, UK; Universitas Carolina; Karls-Universität), or historically as the University of Prague (Universitas Pragensis), is the largest and best-ranked university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the oldest universities in the world in continuous operation, the first university north of the Alps and east of Paris.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Charles University

College of Sorbonne

The College of Sorbonne (Collège de Sorbonne) was a theological college of the University of Paris, founded in 1253 (confirmed in 1257) by Robert de Sorbon (1201–1274), after whom it was named.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and College of Sorbonne

Critical thinking

Critical thinking is the analysis of available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments in order to form a judgement by the application of rational, skeptical, and unbiased analyses and evaluation.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Critical thinking

Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations

Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations is a book series founded at the University of Dallas and currently co-sponsored by the University of Dallas and Maynooth University in Ireland.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations

Deductive reasoning

Deductive reasoning is the process of drawing valid inferences.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Deductive reasoning

Dictionary of Scientific Biography

The Dictionary of Scientific Biography is a scholarly reference work that was published from 1970 through 1980 by publisher Charles Scribner's Sons, with main editor the science historian Charles Gillispie, from Princeton University.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Dictionary of Scientific Biography

Economics (Aristotle)

The Economics (Οἰκονομικά; Oeconomica) is a work ascribed to Aristotle.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Economics (Aristotle)

Epistemic modality

Epistemic modality is a sub-type of linguistic modality that encompasses knowledge, belief, or credence in a proposition.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Epistemic modality

Gerhard vom Berge

Gerhard vom Berge or von Berg, also known as Gerhard of Schalksberg (died 15 November 1398), was a member of the vom Berge family, seated at Minden, and until 1397 the holders of the Vogtei rights over the bishopric of Minden.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Gerhard vom Berge

Germans

Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Germans

Halberstadt

Halberstadt (Eastphalian: Halverstidde) is a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the capital of Harz district.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Halberstadt

Helmstedt

Helmstedt (Eastphalian: Helmstidde) is a town on the eastern edge of the German state of Lower Saxony.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Helmstedt

Hildesheim

Hildesheim (Hilmessen or Hilmssen; Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany with 101,693 inhabitants.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Hildesheim

Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Holy Roman Empire

Inertia

Inertia is the tendency of objects in motion to stay in motion and objects at rest to stay at rest, unless a force causes its speed or direction to change.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Inertia

Infinity

Infinity is something which is boundless, endless, or larger than any natural number.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Infinity

Insolubilia

In the Middle Ages, variations on the liar paradox were studied under the name of insolubilia ("insolubles").

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Insolubilia

Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Italy

Jean Buridan

Jean Buridan (Latin: Johannes Buridanus; –) was an influential 14thcentury French philosopher. Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Jean Buridan are 14th-century writers in Latin, Academic staff of the University of Paris, Catholic clergy scientists, Catholic philosophers, Latin commentators on Aristotle, medieval physicists and scholastic philosophers.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Jean Buridan

John Dumbleton

John of Dumbleton (Latin Ioannes De Dumbleton; c. 1310 – c. 1349) was a member of the Dumbleton village community in Gloucestershire, a southwestern county in England. Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and John Dumbleton are 14th-century writers in Latin, medieval physicists and scholastic philosophers.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and John Dumbleton

John Philoponus

John Philoponus (Greek:; Ἰωάννης ὁ Φιλόπονος; c. 490 – c. 570), also known as John the Grammarian or John of Alexandria, was a Byzantine Greek philologist, Aristotelian commentator, Christian theologian and an author of a considerable number of philosophical treatises and theological works. Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and John Philoponus are medieval physicists.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and John Philoponus

Language

Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Language

Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Latin

List of bishops of Hildesheim

This list records the incumbents of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim (Bistum Hildesheim).

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and List of bishops of Hildesheim

List of Catholic clergy scientists

This is a list of Catholic clergy throughout history who have made contributions to science. Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and list of Catholic clergy scientists are Catholic clergy scientists.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and List of Catholic clergy scientists

Logic

Logic is the study of correct reasoning.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Logic

Louis of Meissen

Louis of Meissen (25 February 1341 – 17 February 1382) was a German nobleman from the House of Wettin. Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Louis of Meissen are 14th-century German Roman Catholic bishops and Roman Catholic Prince-Bishops of Halberstadt.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Louis of Meissen

Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Magnus (c. 1324 – 25 July 1373), called Magnus with the Necklace (Magnus Torquatus) or Magnus II, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruling the Brunswick-Lüneburg principalities of Wolfenbüttel (colloquially also called Brunswick) and, temporarily, Lüneburg.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Marsilius of Inghen

Marsilius of Inghen (c. 1340 – 20 August 1396) was a medieval Dutch Scholastic philosopher who studied with Albert of Saxony and Nicole Oresme under Jean Buridan. Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Marsilius of Inghen are 14th-century writers in Latin, medieval physicists and scholastic philosophers.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Marsilius of Inghen

Mathematician

A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Mathematician

Mathematics

Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes abstract objects, methods, theories and theorems that are developed and proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Mathematics

Medieval philosophy

Medieval philosophy is the philosophy that existed through the Middle Ages, the period roughly extending from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century until after the Renaissance in the 13th and 14th centuries.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Medieval philosophy

Motion

In physics, motion is when an object changes its position with respect to a reference point in a given time.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Motion

Natural philosophy

Natural philosophy or philosophy of nature (from Latin philosophia naturalis) is the philosophical study of physics, that is, nature and the physical universe.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Natural philosophy

Nicole Oresme

Nicole Oresme (1 January 1325 – 11 July 1382), also known as Nicolas Oresme, Nicholas Oresme, or Nicolas d'Oresme, was a French philosopher of the later Middle Ages. Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Nicole Oresme are 14th-century writers in Latin, Catholic clergy scientists and medieval physicists.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Nicole Oresme

Nicomachean Ethics

The Nicomachean Ethics (Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια) is among Aristotle's best-known works on ethics: the science of the good for human life, that which is the goal or end at which all our actions aim.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Nicomachean Ethics

Nominalism

In metaphysics, nominalism is the view that universals and abstract objects do not actually exist other than being merely names or labels.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Nominalism

Object of the mind

An object of the mind is an object that exists in the mind, but which, in the real world, can only be represented or modeled.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Object of the mind

On Interpretation

De Interpretatione or On Interpretation (Greek: italic, Peri Hermeneias) is the second text from Aristotle's Organon and is among the earliest surviving philosophical works in the Western tradition to deal with the relationship between language and logic in a comprehensive, explicit, and formal way.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and On Interpretation

On the Heavens

On the Heavens (Greek: Περὶ οὐρανοῦ; Latin: De Caelo or De Caelo et Mundo) is Aristotle's chief cosmological treatise: written in 350 BC, it contains his astronomical theory and his ideas on the concrete workings of the terrestrial world.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and On the Heavens

Padua

Padua (Padova; Pàdova, Pàdoa or Pàoa) is a city and comune (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Padua

Paradox

A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Paradox

Philosophy

Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Philosophy

Philosophy of language

In analytic philosophy, philosophy of language investigates the nature of language and the relations between language, language users, and the world.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Philosophy of language

Physical object

In common usage and classical mechanics, a physical object or physical body (or simply an object or body) is a collection of matter within a defined contiguous boundary in three-dimensional space.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Physical object

Physics

Physics is the natural science of matter, involving the study of matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Physics

Physics (Aristotle)

The Physics (Greek: Φυσικὴ ἀκρόασις Phusike akroasis; Latin: Physica, or Naturales Auscultationes, possibly meaning "Lectures on nature") is a named text, written in ancient Greek, collated from a collection of surviving manuscripts known as the Corpus Aristotelicum, attributed to the 4th-century BC philosopher Aristotle.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Physics (Aristotle)

Pope Urban V

Pope Urban V (Urbanus V; 1310 – 19 December 1370), born Guillaume de Grimoard, was the head of the Catholic Church from 28 September 1362 until his death, in December 1370 and was also a member of the Order of Saint Benedict.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Pope Urban V

Porphyry (philosopher)

Porphyry of Tyre (Πορφύριος, Porphýrios; –) was a Neoplatonic philosopher born in Tyre, Roman Phoenicia during Roman rule.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Porphyry (philosopher)

Pragmatism

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that views language and thought as tools for prediction, problem solving, and action, rather than describing, representing, or mirroring reality.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Pragmatism

Proposition

A proposition is a central concept in the philosophy of language, semantics, logic, and related fields, often characterized as the primary bearer of truth or falsity.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Proposition

Quality (philosophy)

A quality is an attribute or a property characteristic of an object in philosophy.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Quality (philosophy)

Quantifier (logic)

In logic, a quantifier is an operator that specifies how many individuals in the domain of discourse satisfy an open formula.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Quantifier (logic)

Question

A question is an utterance which serves as a request for information.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Question

Ratio

In mathematics, a ratio shows how many times one number contains another.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Ratio

Rector (academia)

A rector (Latin for 'ruler') is a senior official in an educational institution, and can refer to an official in either a university or a secondary school.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Rector (academia)

Reference

A reference is a relationship between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Reference

Roman Catholic Diocese of Halberstadt

The Diocese of Halberstadt was a Roman Catholic diocese (Bistum Halberstadt) from 804 until 1648.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Roman Catholic Diocese of Halberstadt

Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria

Rudolf IV (1 November 1339 – 27 July 1365), also called Rudolf the Founder (der Stifter), was a scion of the House of Habsburg who ruled as duke of Austria (self-proclaimed archduke), Styria and Carinthia from 1358, as well as count of Tyrol from 1363 and as the first duke of Carniola from 1364 until his death.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria

Self-reference

Self-reference is a concept that involves referring to oneself or one's own attributes, characteristics, or actions.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Self-reference

Semantics

Semantics is the study of linguistic meaning.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Semantics

Sign (semiotics)

In semiotics, a sign is anything that communicates a meaning that is not the sign itself to the interpreter of the sign.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Sign (semiotics)

Soul

In many religious and philosophical traditions, the soul is the non-material essence of a person, which includes one's identity, personality, and memories, an immaterial aspect or essence of a living being that is believed to be able to survive physical death.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Soul

Substance theory

Substance theory, or substance–attribute theory, is an ontological theory positing that objects are constituted each by a substance and properties borne by the substance but distinct from it.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Substance theory

Supernatural

Supernatural refers to phenomena or entities that are beyond the laws of nature.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Supernatural

Supposition theory

Supposition theory was a branch of medieval logic that was probably aimed at giving accounts of issues similar to modern accounts of reference, plurality, tense, and modality, within an Aristotelian context.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Supposition theory

Syncategorematic term

In logic and linguistics, an expression is syncategorematic if it lacks a denotation but can nonetheless affect the denotation of a larger expression which contains it.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Syncategorematic term

Terminology

Terminology is a group of specialized words and respective meanings in a particular field, and also the study of such terms and their use; the latter meaning is also known as terminology science.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Terminology

The Most Reverend

The Most Reverend is an honorific style given to certain high-ranking religious figures, primarily within the historic denominations of Christianity, but occasionally also in more modern traditions.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and The Most Reverend

Theology

Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Theology

Theory of impetus

The theory of impetus is an auxiliary or secondary theory of Aristotelian dynamics, put forth initially to explain projectile motion against gravity.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Theory of impetus

Thomas Bradwardine

Thomas Bradwardine (c. 1300 – 26 August 1349) was an English cleric, scholar, mathematician, physicist, courtier and, very briefly, Archbishop of Canterbury. Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Thomas Bradwardine are 14th-century writers in Latin, Catholic clergy scientists, Catholic philosophers, medieval physicists and scholastic philosophers.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Thomas Bradwardine

Truth

Truth or verity is the property of being in accord with fact or reality.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Truth

In metaphysics, a universal is what particular things have in common, namely characteristics or qualities.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Universal (metaphysics)

University of Paris

The University of Paris (Université de Paris), known metonymically as the Sorbonne, was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and University of Paris

University of Vienna

The University of Vienna (Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and University of Vienna

Western philosophy

Western philosophy, the part of philosophical thought and work of the Western world.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and Western philosophy

William of Heytesbury

William of Heytesbury, or William Heytesbury, or William de Heytisbury, called in Latin Guglielmus Hentisberus or Tisberus (c. 1313 – 1372/1373), was an English philosopher and logician, best known as one of the Oxford Calculators of Merton College, Oxford, where he was a fellow. Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and William of Heytesbury are 14th-century writers in Latin and scholastic philosophers.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and William of Heytesbury

William of Ockham

William of Ockham or Occam (Gulielmus Occamus; 1287 – 10 April 1347) was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, apologist, and Catholic theologian, who is believed to have been born in Ockham, a small village in Surrey. Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and William of Ockham are 14th-century writers in Latin, Catholic clergy scientists, Catholic philosophers, Latin commentators on Aristotle and scholastic philosophers.

See Albert of Saxony (philosopher) and William of Ockham

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_of_Saxony_(philosopher)

Also known as Albert of Helmstädt, Albert of Helmstaedt, Albert of Saxony the Logician, Albert von Rickmersdorf, Albert, Bishop of Halberstadt, Albertilla, Albertus Parvus, Albertus de Saxonia, Albertutius.

, Philosophy of language, Physical object, Physics, Physics (Aristotle), Pope Urban V, Porphyry (philosopher), Pragmatism, Proposition, Quality (philosophy), Quantifier (logic), Question, Ratio, Rector (academia), Reference, Roman Catholic Diocese of Halberstadt, Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Self-reference, Semantics, Sign (semiotics), Soul, Substance theory, Supernatural, Supposition theory, Syncategorematic term, Terminology, The Most Reverend, Theology, Theory of impetus, Thomas Bradwardine, Truth, Universal (metaphysics), University of Paris, University of Vienna, Western philosophy, William of Heytesbury, William of Ockham.

Albert of Saxony (philosopher), the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

1316 births

14th-century German Roman Catholic bishops

14th-century German mathematicians

14th-century German philosophers

Medieval German mathematicians

Medieval physicists

People from Helmstedt (district)

Rectors of the University of Paris

Roman Catholic Prince-Bishops of Halberstadt

References