Abstract

In his monumental History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages, Etienne Gilson devotes only one paragraph in his chapter on fourteenth-century nominalism to Adam of Wodeham. He admits that this is partly due to the fact that little is known of Adam's philosophical views except that he is generally considered an Ockhamist. Gilson's treatment reflects the once widely held view that Adam's contributions to the history of philosophy were limited to expositions of William of Ockham. Adam was William's student at Oxford and later served as his teacher's secretary. He was perhaps best known as the author of an introduction to William's Summa logicae. More recent scholarship, however, has established Adam as an original philosopher in his own right and, in this regard, this critical edition of the Lectura secunda is an important contribution.