School

Modistae

Overview

The Modistae (Latin for Modists), also known as the speculative grammarians, were the members of a school of grammarian philosophy known as Modism or speculative grammar, active in northern France, Germany, England, and Denmark in the 13th and 14th centuries. Their influence was felt much less in the southern part of Europe, where the somewhat opposing tradition of the so-called "pedagogical grammar" never lost its preponderance.

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Philosophers who discussed Modistae

• Roger Bacon
• Duns Scotus
• Hans Blumenberg
• Thomas of Erfurt

Related ideas

• Grammar
• Latin
• William of Conches
• Middle Ages
• Metaphysics
• Nominalism
• Ontology
• Roger Bacon
• Kingdom of France
• Duns Scotus
• Martin Heidegger
• Kingdom of England
• Reality
• Phenomenology (philosophy)
• Boetius of Dacia
• Thomas of Erfurt
• Martin of Dacia

Place in the tradition

Part of German philosophy.

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