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'''Walter Burley''' (or Burleigh), c.1275-1344/5, was a [[medieval]] [[English people|English]] [[logician]]. He was a [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge)|Master of Arts]] at [[Oxford]] in 1301, and a [[fellow]] of [[Merton College]], [[Oxford]] until 1305. He studied theology in [[Paris]] from before 1310, and by c.1320 he was a [[doctor of theology]] at [[Paris]]. He was a fellow of the [[Sorbonne]] by 1324. After studying [[William of Ockham]]'s commentary on the [[Sentences]] of [[Peter Lombard]], Burley opposed Ockham on a number of points concerning logic and [[natural philosophy]].
'''Walter Burley''' (or Burleigh), c.1275-1344/5, was a [[medieval]] [[English people|English]] [[logician]]. He was a [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge)|Master of Arts]] at [[Oxford]] in 1301, and a [[fellow]] of [[Merton College]], [[Oxford]] until 1305. He studied theology in [[Paris]] from before 1310, and by c.1320 he was a [[doctor of theology]] at [[Paris]]. He was a fellow of the [[Sorbonne]] by 1324. After studying [[William of Ockham]]'s commentary on the [[Sentences]] of [[Peter Lombard]], Burley opposed Ockham on a number of points concerning logic and [[natural philosophy]].
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[[Category:Philosophers]]
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[[Birth Date:=1275]]
[[Flourished:=1310]]
[[Birth_Country_Name:=England]]
[[Death Date:=1344]]
[[Death_City:=Paris?]]
[[Death_Country_Name:=France?]]
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