Adam de Wodeham

Adam de Wodeham

Adam de Wodeham [Known also as Adam Woodham, Wodham, Wodeham, Goddam or Godham etc., Adam de Woddeham, Adam or Adamus Anglicus (that may also refer to Adam Scotus though), Adam Goddamus, Wodehamensis, de Vodronio.] (c.1300-1358) was an English Franciscan theologian and philosopher, a student of William of Ockham. [http://users.bart.nl/~roestb/franciscan/franauta.htm#_Toc427590312; listed http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=40197.] He was an important nominalist and taught at the University of Oxford from 1340. [ [http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/a/adam_goddamusen.shtml BBK page] (in German).]

He had taught earlier in Franciscan seminaries, at the Greyfriars school in London [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51595] , as Adam Wodham.] , and in Norwich (1329-1332). [See external link for details; these produced the "Lectura secunda".]

According to David Knowles, John of Rodington was his pupil. It is believed that he started his career as Ockham's secretary. He was well versed in the works of Duns Scotus, and a major figure in his times. However, he soon fell into obscurity. In 1512, John Mair published abbreviation of Wodeham's Oxford lectures, and this edition was practically the only piece of his work known until the early 20th century. Fates of Wodeham scholarship up to 1970's are catalogued in Courtenay's "Adam Wodeham. An Introduction to his Life and Writings".

Works

*Adam de Wodeham, "Lectura secunda in librum primum sententiarum" (3 vols.), 1: Prologus et distinctio prima; 2: Distinctiones II-VII; 3: Distinctiones VIII-XXVI (1990) ed. Rega Wood and Gedeon Gál
* Adam de Wodeham: "Tractatus de Indivisibilibus" (2004) edited and translated by Rega Wood
* Adam de Wodeham: "The objects of knowledge (Lectura secunda 1.1)" in Robert Pasnau (ed.) (2002) "The Cambridge Translations of Medieval Philosophical Texts. Volume 3, Mind and Knowledge"

References

*W. J. Courtenay (1978), "Adam Wodeham. An Introduction to his Life and Writings"

Notes

External links

* [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/content/BPL_Images/Content_store/Sample_chapter/9780631216735/001.pdf Chapter about Wodeham by Rega Wood (PDF)]


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