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Walter Chatton (c. 1290–1343) was an important fourteenth-century English philosopher and theologian. He was a follower of Duns Scotus and a relentless critic of William of Ockham and Peter Auriol. Because complete critical editions of Chatton’s writings have only recently become available, the recovery of his thought is in the beginning stages. Still, it is already clear that Chatton made significant contributions to number of areas in medieval philosophy and theology. These include his development and defense of an “anti-razor” principle in ontology, his contributions to fourteenth-century debates about intuitive cognition, his one-level account of consciousness, and his influential criticisms of Ockham’s theory of concepts and judgment.
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Brower-Toland, S. (2011). Walter Chatton. In: Lagerlund, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9729-4_520
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