A Logical Reconstruction of Medieval Terminist Logic in Conceptual Realism

Abstract

The framework of conceptual realism provides a logically ideal lan􏰈guage within which to reconstruct the medieval terminist logic of the 􏰉􏰊14th century􏰀 The terminist notion of a concept􏰇 which shifted from Ockham􏰄s early view of a concept as an intentional object 􏰅the 􏰃fictum theory􏰆 to his later view of a concept as a mental act 􏰅the intellectio theory􏰆􏰇 is reconstructed in this framework in terms of the idea of con􏰈cepts as unsaturated cognitive structures.