Adam Burley (died 1327/8) was a philosopher educated at
University College, Oxford.
Adam is responsible for two questions commentaries, preserved uniquely in Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 668*/645:
* ''Quaestiones I–II de Anima'', on the ''
De anima'' of
Aristotle; or The Commission continued the work I and II de Anima, De Anima Aristotle.
* ''Quaestiones de Sex principiis'', on the ''
Liber sex principiorum
The ''Liber sex principiorum'' (or ''Liber de sex principiis'') is an anonymous Latin work of philosophy from the late twelfth century. It aims to complement Aristotle's ''Categories'' by providing justifications for the six categories neglected b ...
'', a medieval expansion of the ''
Categories''. or The Commission continued the work de sex principiis, in Liber sex principium, the medieval expansion of categories.
His work appears in the manuscript with the work of other Oxford scholars, including
Walter Burley
Walter Burley (or Burleigh; 1275 – 1344/45) was an English scholastic philosopher and logician with at least 50 works attributed to him. He studied under Thomas WiltonHarjeet Singh Gill, ''Signification in language and culture'', Indian Inst ...
,
Richard Campsall
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, and
Peter Bradele
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