Richard of Campsall

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.^[1]

He commented on Aristotle's Prior Analytics,^[2] with emphasis on "conversion" and "consequences".^[3] He is an apparent innovator in speculation about God's foreknowledge, particularly concerning future contingents, around 1317.^[4]

References

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

Notes

1. ↑ Jorge J. E. Gracia, Timothy B. Noone, A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages (2003), p. 561
2. ↑ The History of the University of Oxford (1984), p. 427.
3. ↑ Norman Kretzmann, Jan Pinborg, The Cambridge History of Later Medieval Philosophy (1982), p. 293.
4. ↑ M. J. F. M. Hoenen, Marsilius of Inghen: Divine Knowledge in Late Medieval Thought (1993), p. 251.