Andrew of Cornwall

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Andrew of Cornwall (Andreas Cornubiensis, Andreas de Cornubia, André de Cornouailles) (fl. 1290s) was a philosopher at Oxford during the 1290s. It is thought that he brought Parisian Modism to England, and that he helped to shape Duns Scotus with his ideas.

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  • Andrews, Robert (1999). "Andrew of Cornwall and the Reception of Modism in England". In Sten Ebbesen; Russell L. Friedman (eds.). Medieval Analyses in Language and Cognition: Acts of the Symposium, The Copenhagen School of Medieval Philosophy, January 10-13, 1996. The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. pp. 105–115. ISBN 9788778761484.
  • Grabmann, Martin 1936 "Mitteilungen aus Munchener Handschriften uber bisher unbekannte Philosophen der Artistenfakultat (cod. lat. 14246 u7nd 14388) in id., Mittelalterliches Geistesleben II. Max Hueber: Munchen.