Episode 16: The New Logic

Pierre Abelard was one of the great thinkers of the Medieval period. He was, in many ways, an iconoclast, unafraid to challenge the establishment of the early 12th-century church. He was brilliant, and he knew it. His arrogance often ran him afoul of his contemporaries. He made reason supreme over faith and outlined a method to critically analyze Scripture and the authority of the Early Church Fathers. His tools were logic and debate. In this episode, I explore how Abelard's approach laid the foundation for the scholastic methods of the 13th century.

Resources:
Historia Calamitatum by Pierre Abelard
Sic et Non by Pierre Abelard
The World of Medieval Learning by Anders Piltz

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Intro Music: Hayden Symphony #39
Outro Music: Vivaldi Concerto for Mandolin and Strings in D