Wyclif, the black sheep of the Oxford calculators

Mark Nicholas Andrew Thakkar

doi:10.1163/9789004512054_009

Wyclif, the black sheep of the Oxford calculators

Mark Nicholas Andrew Thakkar

School of History

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I offer a fresh characterization of the Oxford Calculators (§1) and argue that Wyclif should be counted among them (§2) even though his atomism makes him a conspicuous anomaly (§3).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Quantifying Aristotle
Subtitle of host publication	the impact, spread and decline of the Calculatores tradition
Editors	Daniel A. Di Liscia, Edith D. Sylla
Place of Publication	Leiden
Publisher	Brill
Chapter	7
Pages	186-214
Number of pages	29
ISBN (Electronic)	9789004512054
ISBN (Print)	9789004499829
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004512054_009
Publication status	Published - 2 Jun 2022

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Name	Medieval and early modern philosophy and science
Volume	34
ISSN (Print)	2468-6808

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Wyclif, the black sheep of the Oxford calculators. / Thakkar, Mark Nicholas Andrew.
Quantifying Aristotle: the impact, spread and decline of the Calculatores tradition. ed. / Daniel A. Di Liscia; Edith D. Sylla. Leiden: Brill, 2022. p. 186-214 (Medieval and early modern philosophy and science; Vol. 34).

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