Desmond Paul Henry

List of John Benjamins publications in which Desmond Paul Henry is involved.

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Medieval Mereology

Desmond Paul Henry

Mereology is the theory which deals with parts and wholes in the concrete sense, and this study follows its varied fortunes during the Middle Ages. Preliminary indications as to its metaphysical situation are followed by a brief sketch of Boethius' contribution. Peter Abelard, Gilbert of Poitiers,… read more

[Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, 16] 1991. xxv, 609 pp.

Articles (6) | Order by:

Henry, Desmond Paul 1992 Porretan Mereological Scandals Historia Philosophiae Medii Aevi: Studien zur Geschichte der Philosophie des Mittelalters, Mojsisch, Burkhard und Olaf Pluta (Hrsg.), pp. 349–362 | Article

Henry, Desmond Paul 1990 Master Peter's Mereology De Ortu Grammaticae: Studies in medieval grammar and linguistic theory in memory of Jan Pinborg, Bursill-Hall, Geoffrey L., Sten Ebbesen and E.F.K. Koerner † (eds.), pp. 99–116 | Article

Henry, Desmond Paul 1988 Wyclif's Deviant Mereology Die Philosophie im 14. und 15. Jahrhundert: In memoriam Konstanty Michalski (1879–1947), Pluta, Olaf (Hrsg.), pp. 1–17 | Article

Henry, Desmond Paul 1987 The Grammar of Quiddity Speculative Grammar, Universal Grammar, Philosophical Analysis: Papers in the Philosophy of Language, Buzzetti, Dino and Maurizio Ferriani (eds.), pp. 1–22 | Article

Henry, Desmond Paul 1980 Two Medieval Critics of Traditional Grammar Historiographia Linguistica 7:1/2, pp. 85–107 | Article

The converging criticisms of traditional grammar undertaken by Anselm of Canterbury and Boethius of Dacia involve their deprecation of the roles of usage and experience and their expulsion of substance from adjectival meaning. However, usage, experience, and fact turn out to be relevant in… read more

Henry, Desmond Paul 1980 Two Medieval Critics of Traditional Grammar Studies in Medieval Linguistic Thought: Dedicated to Geofrey L. Bursill-Hall on the occassion of his 60th birthday on 15 May 1980, Koerner, E.F.K. †, Hans-Josef Niederehe and Robert H. Robins (eds.), pp. 85–108 | Article