Abelard in Four Dimensions: A Twelfth-Century Philosopher in His Context and Ours

Contents

c o n t e n t s h Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 p a r t i ABELARD’S PRESENT Introduction to Part I 8 one Abelard’s Developing Thought 11 t wo An Unpopular Argument (I): Abelard and 45 His Contemporaries p a r t i i ABELARD’S PAST AND ABELARD’S FUTURE Introduction to Part II 90 three Abelard and Anselm 93 four An Unpopular Argument (II): 117 From the Lombard to Leibniz viii Contents p a r t i i i ABELARD AND OUR PRESENT Introduction to Part III 146 five Abelard and the ‘New’ Theory of Meaning 149 si x Abelard and Contemporary Metaphysics 167 Conclusion 200 List of Abbreviations 207 Notes 209 Bibliography 254 Index of Passages in Abelard 270 General Index 275 ...