Walter Burley
Philosopher, Author
1275 – 1344
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Who was Walter Burley?
Walter Burley was a medieval English scholastic philosopher and logician with at least 50 works attributed to him. He received his Master of Arts degree in 1301, and was a fellow of Merton College Oxford until about 1310. He then spent sixteen years in Paris, becoming a fellow of the Sorbonne by 1324, before spending 17 years as a clerical courtier in England and Avignon. Burley disagreed with William of Ockham on a number of points concerning logic and natural philosophy. He died in about 1344.
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- Born
- 1275
Yorkshire - Also known as
- Gualterus Burlaeus
- Profession
- Education
- University of Oxford
- Died
- 1344
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on July 23, 2013
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