Thomas Wylton on Common Sensibles

Journal article

In this paper I make available in a critical edition the question that Thomas Wylton discusses about common sensibles in his Quaestiones super De anima, a question that asks Utrum sensibilia communia sint sensibilia per se. Wylton’s Quaestiones super De anima are preserved in the single manuscript MS Oxford, Balliol College, 91 and have not yet been studied. This article is the first exploration devoted to a part of this work. Wylton’s question on common sensibles is an important document of the debate about common sensibles in the 13th century. Wylton’s question is mainly doxographical. It consists in a report and assessment of the diverging opinions of major Aristotelian commentators, such as Averroes, Giles of Rome, Thomas Aquinas. It thus provides a provisional map of the debate. The edition of Wylton’s question is prefaced by an extensive introduction in which I present its contents in detail. I expand on Wylton’s text by adding clarifications for those parts that are too compressed, and I try to reconstruct Wylton’s assumptions at work in his argumentations.

Authors: Trifogli, C

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Tab Edizioni
• Journal: Studi sull'Aristotelismo medievale
• Volume: 5
• Pages: 55-92
• Publication date: 2025-12-01
• Acceptance date: 2025-10-30
• DOI: 10.36158/97912566931222
• EISSN: 2974-7198
• ISSN: 2785-5066
• Language: English
• Keywords: common sensible; proper sensible; sense; perception; magnitude; colour; sight; species; per se; accidental