Paolo della Pergola [1] (died 1455, Venice) was an Italian humanist philosopher, mathematician and Occamist [2] logician. He was a pupil of Paul of Venice. [3]
Paolo della Pergola's most important work was probably De sensu composito et diviso. [4] His logical works were printed early. [5]
He taught at the Scuola di Rialto from 1421 to 1454. [6] He was teacher and friend of the glassmaker Antonio Barovier. [7]
Among his pupils was also Nicoletto Vernia, a well known professor of philosophy in Padua. [8]
There is a memorial to him in San Giovanni Elemosinario, Venice. [9]
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