Summulae De Dialectica by John Buridan, Gyula Klima - Quiz
  • 1. Who translated and commented on Buridan's work in modern times?
A) Alain de Libera
B) Stephen Read
C) John Marenbon
D) Gyula Klima
  • 2. What is Buridan's most famous thought experiment?
A) Buridan's Ass
B) The Ship of Theseus
C) The Trolley Problem
D) The Brain in a Vat
  • 3. Which university was Buridan primarily associated with?
A) University of Cologne
B) University of Bologna
C) University of Oxford
D) University of Paris
  • 4. What century did Buridan live and work in?
A) 13th century
B) 12th century
C) 15th century
D) 14th century
  • 5. What is 'obligationes' in medieval logic?
A) Moral obligations
B) Logical operators
C) Disputation exercises
D) Cognitive faculties
  • 6. What is the 'insolubilia' tradition that Buridan contributed to?
A) Logical paradoxes
B) Metaphysical puzzles
C) Moral dilemmas
D) Epistemological problems
  • 7. How does Buridan define truth?
A) As divine illumination
B) As coherence
C) As correspondence
D) As pragmatic utility
  • 8. What is Buridan's position on determinism?
A) Fatalist
B) Hard determinist
C) Libertarian
D) Compatibilist
  • 9. What is 'restrictio' in terminist logic?
A) Reduction of meaning
B) Limitation of speech
C) Narrowing of reference
D) Contraction of terms
  • 10. How does Buridan approach the liar paradox?
A) By denying bivalence
B) With self-referential analysis
C) Via pragmatic solutions
D) Through truth gaps
  • 11. What is the status of the 'Summulae' in medieval education?
A) Private correspondence
B) Theological treatise
C) Standard textbook
D) Scientific manual
  • 12. What is 'appellatio' in Buridan's semantics?
A) Rhetorical address
B) Reference to existing things
C) Naming convention
D) Appeal to authority
  • 13. How does Klima's translation make Buridan accessible?
A) Poetic adaptation
B) Literal word-for-word
C) Abridged summary
D) Modern English with commentary
  • 14. What medieval philosophical school was Buridan associated with?
A) Nominalism
B) Idealism
C) Empiricism
D) Realism
  • 15. What is Buridan's position on the nature of scientific knowledge?
A) It depends on divine revelation
B) It is based on evident premises and demonstration
C) It is purely intuitive
D) It is entirely empirical
  • 16. According to Buridan, what is the relationship between logic and other sciences?
A) Logic is superior to all sciences
B) Logic is independent of other sciences
C) Logic is an instrumental science for all others
D) Logic is inferior to natural sciences
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