Robert Alyngton
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Robert Alyngton (a.k.a. Arlyngton; died September 1398), was an English philosopher who developed new logical, semantic, metaphysical, and ontological theories in 14th century thought. Alyngton is credited with creating the ideological foundation for the Oxford Realists by substituting reference to objective reality with reference to mental and linguistic reality.[1]
Career
Alyngton was a Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford[2] from 1379 until 1386. He was deeply influenced by the metaphysics of John Wyclif who began his theological studies at Queen's College in 1363. Alyngton was Chancellor of Oxford University in 1394–5.[3] He later became Rector of Long Whatton, Leicestershire, until his death 1398.
Philosophical works
- Litteralis sententia super Praedicamenta Aristotelis — a commentary on Aristotle's Categories. This is Alyngton's most famous work.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Tractatus de suppositionibus terminorum — a treatise on the supposition of terms. Early linguistic philosophy.
- A commentary on the Liber sex principiorum.
- Tractatus generum — a treatise on the genera of being.
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- English logicians
- Fellows of the Queen's College, Oxford
- Chancellors of the University of Oxford
- 14th-century English Roman Catholic priests
- 14th-century English philosophers
- Philosophical realism
- Place of birth unknown
- People from Long Whatton
- Writers from Leicestershire