John of Reading

John of Reading

John of Reading (Johannes de Reading, Johannes Radingia) (died 1346) was an English Franciscan theologian and scholastic philosopher. He was an early opponent of William of Ockham, and a follower of Duns Scotus.

He wrote a commentary on the "Sentences" around 1320, at the University of Oxford. He argued for the unity of science [Steven John Livesey, "Theology and Science in the Fourteenth Century: Three Questions on the Unity of Science from John of Reading's Commentary on the Sentences" (1989), p. 76.] .

In 1322 he moved to a teaching position at Avignon [Jorge J. E. Gracia, Timothy B. Noone, "A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages" (2003), p.390.] .

Reference

*Katherine H. Tachau, "Optics, Epistemology and the Foundations of Semantics, 1250-1345" (1988) pp. 165-179

Notes

External links

* [http://users.bart.nl/~roestb/franciscan/franautj.htm#_Toc415642875 Franaut page]


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