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