'''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]]. |