About our conference...
John Buridan (ca. 1300-1362) was one of the most celebrated philosophers of his own time, who recently has made an unprecedented “comeback” in our own. Having first been rediscovered in the first part of the 20th century for his innovative natural philosophy, and in the second part of the same century mostly for his consistently nominalist logic and metaphysics, Buridan still needs to be recognized for his important work in the field of the philosophy of mind. This conference analyzes his central work in this field, his Questions on Aristotle’s De Anima, both for its historical and theoretical significance.
The project producing the critical edition and English translation of Buridan’s text has involved the work of an international team of scholars from Canada, the Netherlands and the USA (for more information on the project, see http://buridanica.org). The annotated, bilingual edition of Buridan’s work will be published by Fordham University Press in the series Medieval Philosophy: Texts and Studies, as a four- volume set, containing the three books of Buridan’s commentary and a companion volume resulting from the presentations at this conference.
The anatomy of the external and internal senses according to Buridan,
reproduced here with the kind permission of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München
The project producing the critical edition and English translation of Buridan’s text has involved the work of an international team of scholars from Canada, the Netherlands and the USA (for more information on the project, see http://buridanica.org). The annotated, bilingual edition of Buridan’s work will be published by Fordham University Press in the series Medieval Philosophy: Texts and Studies, as a four- volume set, containing the three books of Buridan’s commentary and a companion volume resulting from the presentations at this conference.
The anatomy of the external and internal senses according to Buridan,
reproduced here with the kind permission of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München