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Jeffrey E. Brower

Disciplines:
metaphysics
medieval philosophy

Summary

American philosopher who has worked on Abelard's logic and metaphysics and on medieval accounts of substance and relation, defending a neo-medieval trope theory.

Core Contribution

Contributed to the interpretation of Abelard's nominalism and to the analysis of medieval theories of real relations; defended a trope-theoretic metaphysics drawing on medieval sources.

Notable Works & Achievements

Abelard's Theory of Relations

Aquinas's Ontology of the Material World

Historical Influences

Peter Abelard Thomas Aquinas

Intellectual Lineage

Medieval Philosophy Scholarship

Contemporaries & Peers

Kevin Guilfoy John Marenbon

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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