When1: 1345
When2: 1360
Who: Jean Buridan [Buridan, Jean]
What: philosopher
Where: Paris, France
works\ Sophisms on Meaning and Truth [1345 to 1350]; Summaries of Dialectics [1345 to 1350]
Detail: He lived 1295 to 1360, was Terminist, invented theory of consequences, and studied syllogisms, inertia, and impetus.
Epistemology
Hungry donkey is between two haystacks that appear identical but starves because it cannot decide rationally which one to eat first {Buridan's ass}. Different propositions can have different contexts for same terms, and this affects term references {supposition theory}. Sentence inferences depend on suppositions. Supposition {personal supposition} can be about number of term or object, such as just one {discrete supposition} or at least one {determinate supposition}. Determinate supposition can be All or Some. Suppositions {material supposition} can be about speech or writing. Suppositions {formal supposition} can be about universals or ideas.
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