Answer the following about medieval ideas about the reality of mental propositions, for 10 points each.
[10e] This French philosopher developed an early theory of propositional attitudes based on his distinction between expression’s nominatio and its significatio. However, he is perhaps better known for his love affair with Héloïse.
ANSWER: Peter Abelard [or Pierre Abélard, Petrus Abaelardus, or Abailardus]
[10m] John Duns Scotus presented his composition-based theory of propositional attitudes in a commentary on this Aristotle text, which illustrates the problem of future contingents with the example of a sea battle.
ANSWER: On Interpretation [or De Interpretatione or Peri Hermeneias]
[10h] This 14th-century philosopher distinguished between subjective propositions and what he called propositiones in re, which objectively exist in the mind. This author of De Puritate Artis Logicae was known as Doctor Planus et Perspicuus.
ANSWER: Walter Burley [or Walter Burleigh]
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