Getting It Wrong: The Medieval Epistemology of Error (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters)

Author: G.R. Evans

Brand: Brill

Edition: 1st

Number Of Pages: 222

Details: About the Author

Gillian Rosemary Evans, MA, Ph.D., D.Litt. (Oxford), Litt.D. (Cambridge), FRHistS, FRSA, British Academy Research Reader (1986-8), teaches at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of books on Anselm, Augustine on Evil, Philosophy and Theology in the Middle Ages, Problems of Authority in the Reformation Debates.

Product Description

Getting it wrong deals with the dark side of the medieval theory of knowledge, the ways in which perceptions can err, curiosity get out of hand, and knowledge damage the knower. The first and second parts explore the organs, powers and faculies of the soul and the ways in which teaching and learning occur. The third part of the book examines medieval ideas of “common knowledge”and the ways in which individuals can share or fail to share the knowledge human being ought to have. The fourth part considers wisdom and folly, security and incompleteness of knowledge, truth and lies.

Release Date: 31-12-1998

Package Dimensions: 23x241x590