  The most renowned philosopher when Albert studied and taught in the Faculty of Arts at Paris was John Buridan. Albert was one of several masters contemporary with or immediately following Buridan whose work transformed logic and natural philosophy in the later Middle Ages. For a long time he was thought to have been a pupil or follower of Buridan, but this idea is now widely questioned. Some of his works on logic and physics were composed before Buridan had lectured on these subjects for the last time, and Buridan clearly takes notice of them, whether for criticizing or for adopting Albert’s views. In logic, he seems to have been influenced by certain ideas and methods imported from England. His logic depends very much on Ockham’s, but the influence of William Heytesbury is also evident in his Sophismata. Walter Burley was another important influence on Albert, though this is somewhat puzzling in view of the fact that they had opposing views on the nature of universals. In any case, Burley seems to have been on Albert’s mind when he wrote his commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics as well as when he was developing his theory of consequences.