Getting It Wrong

The Medieval Epistemology of Error
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-90-04-11240-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 63, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 585 g

Reihe: Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Evans

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations

Part One: The assumptions of the system
1. Two poles
2. Parts, organs, powers and faculties of the soul

Part Two: The pursuit of knowledge
1. God's teaching, human learning
2. Creativity
3. Academic processes of teaching and learning
4. Research and curiosity

Part Three: Individuals and collective knowledge
1. The uniqueness of individuals, the particularity of knowledge
2. The commonness of shared knowledge

Part Four: The quality of knowledge
1. Wisdom and folly
2. Security and imcompleteness of knowledge
3. Truth and lies
Conclusion
Sources
Index

Über Autor(innen)

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.