Jacob Naveros (fl. ca. 1533) was an early sixteenth-century Spanish logician. He is now known for his concern about the attribution of the logical works of

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. Naveros found inconsistencies between the logical works and Scotus' commentary on the

Sentences ''The Four Books of Sentences'' (''Libri Quattuor Sententiarum'') is a book of theology written by Peter Lombard in the 12th century. It is a systematic compilation of theology, written around 1150; it derives its name from the ''sententiae'' o ...

that caused him to doubt whether he had written any of these works. Naveros was born at the end of the 15th century, at

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. He wrote a number of works in Latin.

References

* Ashworth, E. J., 'Jacobus Naveros (fl. ca. 1533) on the Question: "Do Spoken Words Signify Concepts or Things?",' ''Logos and Pragma. Essays on the Philosophy of Language in Honour of Professor Gabriel Nuchelmans'', ed. de Rijk and Braakhuis (Nijmegen: Ingenium, 1987): 189–214.

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