Syncategoremata

The Stadsbibliotheek of Brugge houses a manuscript (ms. 510, f. 227ra-237vb) that holds a short logical text on the Syncategoremata, e.g. words that are not subjects or predicates in proposition. In this manuscript the text is ascribed to Henry of Ghent, who was a leading thinker of the second half of the thirteenth century. The highly interesting text contains some typical themes of Henry of Ghent, e.g. the distinction between esse essentiae and esse existentiae, which further supports the attribution to Henry. If it is the case that the text is by Henry, it shows that Henry had much more technical knowledge of logic and semantics than is often imagined. In the critical study which precedes the critical edition it is shown that the text was influenced by the logical works of Peter of Spain.

"Syncategoremata" was edited by H.A.G. Braakhuis, Girard Etzkorn and Gordon Wilson.

Henk Braakhuis is Professor Emeritus at University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Girard J. Etzkorn is a former professor emeritus at St. Bonaventure University. He died in 2023.

Gordon A. Wilson is Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Yes, "Syncategoremata" is part of the "Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 2: Henrici de Gandavo Opera Omnia" series. It's book 37 in the series.

Henry of Ghent, who taught initially at the Faculty of Arts in Paris before 1276 and subsequently at the Faculty of Theology in Paris from 1276 until his death in 1293, was an original and extremely important thinker. A major influence on John Duns Scotus, Henry's ideas had a direct impact on the scholastic discussion into the early modern period. His two major works, namely his - fifteen Quodlibeta and his Quaestiones Ordinariae (Summa), along with works of his that have never before been printed, are being published in modern critical edition in the Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 2, Henrici de Gandavo Opera omnia.

Launched in the 1970s by Raymond Macken, who served as its first general coordinator, the series is now coordinated by Gordon A. Wilson of the University of North Carolina at Asheville, USA.

In association with the De Wulf-Mansion Centre.

Editorial Coordinator

Bernd Goehring, Wagner College, USA, and KU Leuven, Belgium

Editorial Board

Valérie Cordonier, Centre National de la Recherches Scientifique, France
Kent Emery Jr., University of Notre Dame, USA
Russell Friedman, KU Leuven, Belgium
Guy Guldentops, Universität zu Köln, Germany
Jenny Pelletier, KU Leuven, Belgium
Pasquale Porro, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Carlos Steel, KU Leuven, Belgium
Gordon A. Wilson, University of North Carolina at Asheville, USA

Proposals

Proposals and enquiries can be sent to  Russell L. Friedman. Please send a preliminary abstract (3-4 pp.) and a short bio. Upon approval of this abstract, the full manuscript will be submitted to international peer review.

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Links & Resources

TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
― Bibliography to the Introduction
EDITION
― Argumentum
― Symbols:
1. In the Text Itself
2. In the Critical Apparatus
― Abbreviations:
1. In the Critical Apparatus
2. In the Apparatus of Citations
— Symbol of the Manuscript
— Photograph
SYNCATEGOREMATA
TABLES
— Works Cited by Henry(?)
— List of Sophismata
— Onomastic Table
— Table of Photographs
— Table of Contents

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for "Syncategoremata" is 10.11116/9789461660909.