Atomism in late medieval philosophy and theology / edited by Christophe Grellard and Aurélien Robert.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-246) and indexes.

Introduction / Christophe Grellard and Aurélien Robert -- Beyond Aristotle : indivisibles and infinite divisibility in the later Middle Ages / John E. Murdoch -- Indivisibles and infinites : Rufus on points / Rega Wood -- Richard Kilvington on continuity / Elżbieta Jung and Robert Podkoński -- The importance of atomism in the philosophy of Gerard of Odo (O.F.M.) / Sander W. de Boer -- Nicholas of Autrecour's atomistic physics / Christophe Grellard -- William Crathorn's mereotopological atomism / Aurélien Robert -- An indivisibilist argumentation at Paris around 1335 : Michel of Montecalerio's question on point and the controversy with John Buridan / Jean Celeyrette -- John Wyclif's atomism / Emily Michael -- Blasius of Parma facing atomist assumptions / Joël Biard.

This book is the result of a collective attempt to give a general survey of the development of atomism and its critics in the late Middle Ages. All the contributors focussed on the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries atomists and anti-atomists, with a thorough examination of some important figures, as Nicholas of Autrecourt or John Wyclif, and lesser known as Gerard of Odo or William Crathorn for example. From those essays on particular authors a new way of understanding the discussions of atomism in late medieval philosophy and theology emerges. This volume demonstrates the existence of {u2026} read morestrong and complicated connections between natural philosophy, mathematics and theology in the medieval discussions of the atomistic hypothesis. All chapters present a new research that will be of interest to historians of medieval philosophy, science and theology.