Abstract
ion was traditionally considered an essential element of any theory of cognition that denied that we are able to have an immediate intellectual apprehension of material things. From an historical point of view, however, this scenario of alternative – either abstraction or immediate intellectual apprehension of material things – was not assumed by several authors of the 14th century. The aim of the present study is to elucidate how and why one of these authors, William of Ockham (ca. 1285-1347), employed in his theory on the mechanisms of human cognition both intuition and abstraction. In order to carry out this project, several texts of Ockham and his interpreters will be analyzed.
Highlights
Abstraction was traditionally considered an essential element of any theory of cognition that denied that we are able to have an immediate intellectual apprehension of material things
In order to carry out this project, several texts of Ockham and his interpreters will be analyzed
Descrevendo a situação desde outro ponto de vista, quando a intuição dos singulares causa, junto com a presença da coisa, a formação e o assentimento a proposições afirmativas (cf OCKHAM 1967-1986, V, 256-257) dá-se a gênese de um conhecimento que Ockham chama de “conhecimento evidente” e que corresponde, nessa sua forma específica, ao saber sobre proposições verdadeiras não analíticas naturalmente causado pela apreensão de seus termos9
Summary
Foi com base numa tal articulação entre inteligibilidade do ente material, papel da abstração e dignidade da metafísica que por mais de uma vez se pôs à mostra o problema de toda defesa da apreensão direta dos indivíduos materiais.
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