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