Abstract

Those who know only Anselm the theologian would do well to spend some time with this extremely thorough study of his most famous logical treatise. The author provides a synopsis, a new edition of the text, a new translation, an informal exposition, and a formal one using the logic of Lesniewski. His thesis is that the De Grammatico is a careful and subtle examination of the theory of paronymy, or, in modern terms, the problem of sense and reference. Anselm's work is both placed in its historical context and related to contemporary issues in logic. One might hope that in a revised edition the text and translation would be printed in parallel, rather than in sequence.—R. J. W.