Adam de Wodeham

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Adam de Wodeham [1](c.1300-1358) was an English Franciscan theologian and philosopher, a student of William of Ockham.[2] He was an important nominalist and taught at the University of Oxford from 1340.[3]

He had taught earlier in Franciscan seminaries, at the Greyfriars school in London[4], and in Norwich (1329-1332).[5]

According to David Knowles, John of Rodington was his pupil. It is believed that he started his career as Ockham's secretary. He was well versed in the works of Duns Scotus, and a major figure in his times. However, he soon fell into obscurity. In 1512, John Mair published abbreviation of Wodeham's Oxford lectures, and this edition was practically the only piece of his work known until the early 20th century. Fates of Wodeham scholarship up to 1970's are catalogued in Courtenay's Adam Wodeham. An Introduction to his Life and Writings.

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[edit] Works

  • Adam de Wodeham, Lectura secunda in librum primum sententiarum (3 vols.), 1: Prologus et distinctio prima; 2: Distinctiones II-VII; 3: Distinctiones VIII-XXVI (1990) ed. Rega Wood and Gedeon Gál
  • Adam de Wodeham: Tractatus de Indivisibilibus (2004) edited and translated by Rega Wood
  • Adam de Wodeham: "The objects of knowledge (Lectura secunda 1.1)" in Robert Pasnau (ed.) (2002) The Cambridge Translations of Medieval Philosophical Texts. Volume 3, Mind and Knowledge

[edit] References

  • W. J. Courtenay (1978), Adam Wodeham. An Introduction to his Life and Writings

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Known also as Adam Woodham, Wodham, Wodeham, Goddam or Godham etc., Adam de Woddeham, Adam or Adamus Anglicus (that may also refer to Adam Scotus though), Adam Goddamus, Wodehamensis, de Vodronio.
  2. ^ http://users.bart.nl/~roestb/franciscan/franauta.htm#_Toc427590312; listed http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=40197.
  3. ^ BBK page (in German).
  4. ^ [1], as Adam Wodham.
  5. ^ See external link for details; these produced the Lectura secunda.

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