Thomas Wilton [1] (active from 1288 to 1322) was an English theologian and scholastic philosopher, a pupil of Duns Scotus, [2] a teacher at the University of Oxford and then the University of Paris, where he taught Walter Burley. [2] He was a Fellow of Merton College from about 1288. [3]
He attacked some of Burley's theses. [4] He wrote on and rejected the theory of motion of Averroes, [5] provoking a reply by John of Jandun. [6] In discussing the eternity of the world, he connects the views of Maimonides and Aquinas. [7]
Thomas Wilton [1] (active from 1288 to 1322) was an English theologian and scholastic philosopher, a pupil of Duns Scotus, [2] a teacher at the University of Oxford and then the University of Paris, where he taught Walter Burley. [2] He was a Fellow of Merton College from about 1288. [3]
He attacked some of Burley's theses. [4] He wrote on and rejected the theory of motion of Averroes, [5] provoking a reply by John of Jandun. [6] In discussing the eternity of the world, he connects the views of Maimonides and Aquinas. [7]