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Review of Ana María Mora-Márquez, The Thirteenth-Century Notion of Signification: The Discussions and Their Origin and Development. (Investigating Medieval Philosophy 10.) Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2015. Pp. 256. $142. ISBN: 978-900-429867-5

Uckelman, Sara L.

Review of Ana María Mora-Márquez, The Thirteenth-Century Notion of Signification: The Discussions and Their Origin and Development. (Investigating Medieval Philosophy 10.) Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2015. Pp. 256. $142. ISBN: 978-900-429867-5 Thumbnail


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In this slim, dense, and heavily text-based book, Mora-Márquez traces the development of the semantic notion of ‘signification’ (significatio) from its origins in two distinct Greek philosophical conceptions, semeion and symbolon, into a uniquely medieval concept. Because medieval philosophers drew from both logical and grammatical traditions when discussing signification, there is no unified conception of the notion which holds across the entire 13th century or in all relevant disciplines. Mora-Márquez teases out the differences, explains how they relate to each other, and identifies the roots of the differences. Due to the complexity of the material, the book requires careful thought and attention in order to grasp all of the subtle nuances in the ancient and medieval views.

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Uckelman, S. L. (2017). Review of Ana María Mora-Márquez, The Thirteenth-Century Notion of Signification: The Discussions and Their Origin and Development. (Investigating Medieval Philosophy 10.) Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2015. Pp. 256. $142. ISBN: 978-900-429867-5. Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies, 92(4), 1223-1225. https://doi.org/10.1086/693663

Journal Article Type Book Review
Acceptance Date Aug 18, 2016
Online Publication Date Oct 1, 2017
Publication Date Oct 1, 2017
Deposit Date Oct 18, 2016
Publicly Available Date Oct 1, 2018
Journal Speculum
Print ISSN 0038-7134
Electronic ISSN 2040-8072
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 92
Issue 4
Pages 1223-1225
Item Discussed The Thirteenth-Century Notion of Signification: The Discussions and Their Origin and Development by Mora-Márquez, Ana María;
DOI https://doi.org/10.1086/693663
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1636445

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