What is Medieval Logic After All? Towards a Scientific Use of Natural Language

The puzzle sketched in this short introduction pinpoints the difficulty experienced by historians of medieval logic to define the very discipline that they are studying. Thus, in spite of all the work done during the last 60 years, the question: “What is medieval logic after all?” remains actual. A general perspective of investigation is suggested, namely the farreaching consequences of the attempt to cope with what one could call the formal and material constraints of medieval logic (i.e., aiming at the elaboration of a scientific language as distinct from dealing with natural language).