This edited volume presents new lines of research dealing with the language of thought and its philosophical implications in the time of Ockham. It features mor

The notion that human thought is structured like a language, with a precise syntax and semantics, has been pivotal in recent philosophy of mind. Yet it is not a

Richard Cross provides the first complete and detailed account of Duns Scotus's theory of cognition, tracing the processes involved in cognition from sensation,

The Middle Ages span a period of well over a millennium: from the emperor Constantine's Christian conversion in 312 to the early sixteenth century. During this

This book studies medieval theories of free will, including explanations of how angels - that is, ideal agents - can choose evil.