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John of Reading

English philosopher


English philosopher

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birth_datec. 1272
death_date1346
death_placeAvignon, France
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occupationCleric

NOTOC John of Reading (; c.1272–1346) was an English Franciscan theologian and scholastic philosopher. He was an early opponent of William of Ockham, and a follower of Duns Scotus.

Career

John of Reading was ordained subdeacon at Northampton on September 20, 1292. He was made deacon at Dunstable in 1294.

He earned his doctorate of theology at University of Oxford by 1321.

In 1322 he moved to a teaching position at Avignon, then the seat of the Avignon Papacy. Reading is buried at Avignon.

Notes

References

Bibliography

  • Katherine H. Tachau, Optics, Epistemology and the Foundations of Semantics, 1250-1345 (1988) pp. 165–179

References

  1. ''The Roles and Register of Bishop Oliver Sutton''. Ed. Rosalind M. T. Hill, v. 7 (Lincoln: J. W. Ruddock & Sons 1975) p. 31, 56.
  2. {{rp. E.J. Brill]], 1989.
  3. (1726). "Collectanea Anglo-Minoritica, Or, A Collection of the Antiquities Of The English Franciscans, Or Friers Minors, Commonly Call'd Gray Friers: In Two Parts. With an Appendix concerning the English Nuns of the Order of Saint Clare". Thomas Smith.
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