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CHIMERAS AND LOGICAL POSSIBILITY IN DUNS SCOTUS, WILLIAM OF OCKHAM AND JEAN BURIDAN

DUNS SCOTUS, OCKHAMLI WILLIAM VE JEAN BURIDAN’DA KİMERALAR VE MANTIKSAL OLANAK

Esma Kayar(İSTANBUL MEDENİYET ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0001-8429-4402
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259–270
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2025-03-28
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By using William of Ockham's theory of substitution, Buridan takes a radical stance on chimera’s being, logical possibility, and logical identity.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This article discusses the relation between non-being and the logical possibility of the medieval philosophers Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, and Jean Buridan through the chimera, an imaginary being composed of different animal parts.
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Key Findings & Data:Firstly, the framework of Aristotle's judgment “Non-being is non-being” as the groundwork will be examined for this discussion.
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Conclusion & Impact:By using William of Ockham's theory of substitution, Buridan takes a radical stance on chimera’s being, logical possibility, and logical identity.
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⚙️Variables:Mantıksal Olanak · Kimera · Duns Scotus

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This article discusses the relation between non-being and the logical possibility of the medieval philosophers Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, and Jean Buridan through the chimera, an imaginary being composed of different animal parts. Firstly, the framework of Aristotle's judgment “Non-being is non-being” as the groundwork will be examined for this discussion. It will also review the logical possibility of non-beings in his philosophy. In Aristotle, logical possibility and identity depend on metaphysical possibility, but the philosopher thinks that non-beings are opinionable. In medieval philosophy, the chimera, seen as a representation of the non-being, is considered a mind-dependent fiction. Scotus argues that the chimera is logically impossible by assessing the logical possibility in terms of contradiction and being suitable for being something and being real. He follows Aristotle in terms of being opinable. William of Ockham analyzes the chimera through the theories of suppositio and significatio and evaluates the impossibility of chimeras from a metaphysical perspective. By using William of Ockham's theory of substitution, Buridan takes a radical stance on chimera’s being, logical possibility, and logical identity.

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Bu çalışmada ortaçağ filozofları Duns Scotus, Ockhamlı William ve Jean Buridan’ın varlık-olmayan ve mantıksal olanak ilişkisi farklı hayvan parçalarından kompoze edilmiş hayali bir varlık olan kimera üzerinden tartışılmaktadır. Öncelikle bu tartışmanın zeminini oluşturması dolayısıyla Aristoteles’in “Varlık-olmayan varlık-olmayandır” yargısının çerçevesi incelenmekte ve varlık-olmayan entitelerin mantıksal olanağı gözden geçirilmektedir. Aristoteles’te mantıksal olanak ve özdeşlik, metafizik olanağa bağlı olmakla birlikte filozof var olmayan nesnelerin düşünülebileceği fikrindedir. Ortaçağ felsefesinde varlık-olmayanın bir temsili olarak görülen kimera, zihne bağlı bir kurgu statüsündedir. Scotus mantıksal olanağı çelişki ve bir şey ve gerçek olmaya uygun olma üzerinden ele alarak kimeranın mantıksal olarak olanaksız olduğunu savunur. Düşünülebilme konusunda Scotus Aristoteles’i takip eder. Ockhamlı William kimerayı, yerine geçme (suppositio) ve imlem (significatio) teorileri üzerinden inceleyerek kimeraların olanaksızlığını metafiziksel açıdan değerlendirir. Jean Buridan ise Ockhamlı William’ın yerine geçme teorisini kullanarak kimeraların varlığı, mantıksal olanağı ve özdeşliği açısından radikal bir yerde durur.

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Kayar, E. (2025). CHIMERAS AND LOGICAL POSSIBILITY IN DUNS SCOTUS, WILLIAM OF OCKHAM AND JEAN BURIDAN. Uluslararası Toplumsal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 1, 259–270. https://ajindex.com/articles/1606435

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