- Adam de Wodeham
Adam de Wodeham [Known also as Adam Woodham, Wodham, Wodeham, Goddam or Godham etc., Adam de Woddeham, Adam or Adamus Anglicus (that may also refer to
Adam Scotus though), Adam Goddamus, Wodehamensis, de Vodronio.] (c.1300-1358) was an EnglishFranciscan theologian and philosopher, a student ofWilliam of Ockham . [http://users.bart.nl/~roestb/franciscan/franauta.htm#_Toc427590312; listed http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=40197.] He was an importantnominalist and taught at theUniversity of Oxford from 1340. [ [http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/a/adam_goddamusen.shtml BBK page] (in German).]He had taught earlier in Franciscan seminaries, at the Greyfriars school in London [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51595] , as Adam Wodham.] , and in
Norwich (1329-1332). [See external link for details; these produced the "Lectura secunda".]According to
David Knowles ,John of Rodington was his pupil. It is believed that he started his career as Ockham's secretary. He was well versed in the works ofDuns Scotus , and a major figure in his times. However, he soon fell into obscurity. In 1512,John Mair published abbreviation of Wodeham's Oxford lectures, and this edition was practically the only piece of his work known until the early 20th century. Fates of Wodeham scholarship up to 1970's are catalogued in Courtenay's "Adam Wodeham. An Introduction to his Life and Writings".Works
*Adam de Wodeham, "Lectura secunda in librum primum sententiarum" (3 vols.), 1: Prologus et distinctio prima; 2: Distinctiones II-VII; 3: Distinctiones VIII-XXVI (1990) ed. Rega Wood and Gedeon Gál
* Adam de Wodeham: "Tractatus de Indivisibilibus" (2004) edited and translated by Rega Wood
* Adam de Wodeham: "The objects of knowledge (Lectura secunda 1.1)" in Robert Pasnau (ed.) (2002) "The Cambridge Translations of Medieval Philosophical Texts. Volume 3, Mind and Knowledge"References
*W. J. Courtenay (1978), "Adam Wodeham. An Introduction to his Life and Writings"
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* [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/content/BPL_Images/Content_store/Sample_chapter/9780631216735/001.pdf Chapter about Wodeham by Rega Wood (PDF)]
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