To know epistemology’s history is to know better what contemporary epistemology could be and perhaps should be – and what it need not be and perhaps ought not to be.

Knowledge in Medieval Philosophy
covers the influence of Aristotle and Augustine during the Middle Ages.

Epistemology, including scepticism, was part of philosophy from the late-thirteenth century onwards, with knowledge being of great philosophical concern throughout the Middle Ages. By placing these medieval discussions within a wider setting, this volume sheds light on the era and its thinkers, as well as making these relevant for contemporary epistemologists.

Highlighting important aspects of epistemology with huge importance for our everyday lives, this volume’s chapters cover such notions as testimony and intellectual virtues, along with thinkers such as Avicenna, Aquinas, Scotus, and Ockham.

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Introduction (Henrik Lagerlund)
1. Avicenna on Knowledge (Deborah L. Black)
2. Scientia in the Twelfth Century (Rafael Nájera)
3. Averroes on the Attainment of Knowledge (Richard Taylor)
4. Robert Grosseteste on Demonstration (John Longeway)
5. Thomas Aquinas on Knowledge and Demonstration (Alexander Hall)
6. John Duns Scotus on Knowledge (Richard Cross)
7. William Ockham on Testimonial Knowledge (Jennifer Pelletier)
8. Nicholas of Autrecourt on Knowledge (Christophe Grellard)
9. John Buridan on Knowledge (Gyula Klima)
10. Knowledge and Scientia in Two Posterior Analytics Commentaries after Buridan: Albert of Saxony and John Mair (Henrik Lagerlund)
11. Sixteenth-Century Virtue Epistemology (Benjamin Hill)

Index

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A survey of the development of knowledge throughout medieval philosophy.
The first historical survey to trace the development of knowledge throughout Western philosophy

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781350446618
Publisert
2024-04-18
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Bloomsbury Academic
Vekt
440 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
280

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Henrik Lagerlund is Professor of Philosophy at Stockholm University, Sweden.