Christophe Grellard

Atomism in Late Medieval Philosophy and Theology

Preface List of Authors Introduction, Christophe Grellard & Aurelien Robert 1. Beyond Aristotle: Indivisibles and Infinite Divisibility in the Later Middle Ages, John E. Murdoch 2. Indivisibles and Infinities: Richard Rufus on Points, Rega Wood 3. Richard Kilvington on Continuity, Elzbieta Jung & Robert Podkonski 4. The Importance of Atomism in the Philosophy of Gerard of Odo (O.F.M.), Sander W. de Boer 5. Nicholas of Autrecourts Atomistic Physics, Christophe Grellard 6. William Crathorns Mereotopological Atomism, Aurelien Robert 7. An Indivisibilist Argumentation at Paris around 1335 : Michel of Montecalerios Question on Point and the Controversy with John Buridan, Jean Celeyrette 8. John Wyclifs Atomism, Emily Michael 9. Blasius of Parma facing Atomist Assumptions, Joel Biard Bibliography Index

Scepticism, Demonstration And The Infinite Regress Argument (Nicholas Of Autrecourt And John Buridan)

The aim of this paper is to examine the medieval posterity of the Aristotelian and Pyrrhonian treatments of the infinite regress argument. We show that there are some possible Pyrrhonian elements in Autrecourts epistemology when he argues that the truth of our principles is merely hypothetical. By contrast, Buridans criticisms of Autrecourt rely heavily on Aristotelian material. Both exemplify a use of scepticism.

La seconde acculturation chrétienne de Cicéron : la réception des Académiques du IXe au XIIe siècle

Cet article examine le destin medieval des Academiques de Ciceron a partir du cas particulier d’un des rares philosophes medievaux a se revendiquer academicus, Jean de Salisbury (1120-1180). Apres avoir presente les etapes de la reception medievale des Academiques, ainsi que le corpus ciceronien auquel avait acces Jean de Salisbury, on conclut qu’il n’avait sans doute pas une connaissance directe de la principale œuvre sceptique de Ciceron. Neanmoins, en s’appuyant sur les autres textes de Ciceron a sa disposition, il parvient a reconstruire une forme originale de scepticisme, a la fois dependante de la source ciceronienne et inscrite dans un horizon chretien indepassable au Moyen Âge.