This text is a pivotal moment in the development of "via moderna" or Ockhamism, which later separated Christian theology from purely Aristotelian metaphysics.
He posits that the content of our internal discourse depends entirely on what the mind is directed toward, making mental language a direct reflection of our cognitive engagement with the world. Download 053Le discours int pdf
If you are searching for the full text, scholarly databases like PhilPapers and Semantics Scholar provide citations and sometimes full-access links to Claude Panaccio’s research on this specific history of internal discourse. ABELARD ON MENTAL * - University of Toronto This text is a pivotal moment in the
Abelard’s primary thesis is that mental understandings are "the same for everyone" because they are naturally linked to the objects they represent. Unlike spoken language, which varies by culture (e.g., "dog" vs. "chien"), the mental concept of a dog is triggered naturally by the mind's focus, or attentio , on the animal itself. Key Philosophical Themes ABELARD ON MENTAL * - University of Toronto
Abelard distinguishes between the physical utterance and the underlying mental content.
