Uncertain Knowledge: Scepticism, Relativism, and Doubt in the Middle Ages: 14 (Disputatio) - Hardcover

 
9782503547763: Uncertain Knowledge: Scepticism, Relativism, and Doubt in the Middle Ages: 14 (Disputatio)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 2503547761 ISBN 13: 9782503547763
Publisher: Brepols N.V., 2014

Synopsis

What are the forms in which later medieval thinkers articulate epistemological scepticism, relativism, and doubt? Is it possible to voice different forms of uncertainty in different institutional contexts and languages? Bringing together specialists in philosophy, theology, history, and literature, this book undertakes an interdisciplinary investigation of some of the ways in which the problem of knowledge was explored in the Middle Ages. This is a topic of central intellectual importance and has large cultural consequences. The Middle Ages are often still treated by non-medievalists as a time of naive epistemological self-confidence, and we hope that ultimately this revisionist project will have impact beyond medieval studies, illustrating the extent to which this was a period in which many thinkers were intrigued by, and comfortable with, uncertainty.

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Publisher
Brepols N.V.
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
2503547761
ISBN 13 
9782503547763
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
351
Editor
Denery II Dallas G, Ghosh Kantik, Zeeman Nicolette