Walter was educated in the schools of Tournai, and studied under William of Champeaux.
Of the "Opuscula" five are published in Lucas d'Achéry's "Spicilegium" (Paris, 1723) and the sixth in P.L.
A logical commentary which is contained in MS. 17813 of the Bibliothèque Nationale and which was published in part by Barthélemy Hauréau in 1892 is also ascribed to him.
Finally, there is extant a letter written by him to Abelard, in which he expounds the Platonic view that the body is an obstacle to the higher operations and aspirations of the soul.
Socrates, for example, is an individual, a species (man), or a genus (animal) according to the status, or point of view, of the observer.