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:The notion that Bacon was hostile to Albertus is well accepted in recent historical literature; it is clear that Bacon was hostile to an unnamed master and Albertus is the contemporary who best fits this description in a number of ways. In his late ''Compendium studii philosophae'' Bacon explicitly criticizes the teachings of "the boys among the students of the two orders like Albert and Thomas, and others, who enter the orders when for the most part they are twenty years of age and less." Some earlier studies consider Bacon's unnamed master was Thomas Aquinas rather than Albertus Magnus. Of the authors cited, Hackett and Easton have both presented detailed arguments identifying Albertus as Bacon's target and LeMay accepts this position.
:As always, if you can find a reliable source identifying someone else as Bacon's target, feel free to edit. [[User:SteveMcCluskey|SteveMcCluskey]] ([[User talk:SteveMcCluskey|talk]]) 16:22, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
::So we have two figures, one explicitly named and one unnamed and only allusively identified (such that ''some'' informed consensus about a candidate has only been established in the last 20 years), but a strong case has to be made for treating those two as qualitatively different? Alternative candidates have to be presented before a difference in the level of certainty can even be admitted? Boggling! Even disregarding the fact that you mention one previously considered candidate yourself, that's a puzzling standard to set.
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