scepticism, relativism, and doubt in the middle ages /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Dallas G. Denery II, Kantik Ghosh, and Nicolette Zeeman.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Turnhout, Belgium :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brepols Publishers,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
vi, 345 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Disputatio ;
Volume Designation
14
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Machine generated contents note: Uncertainty and Deception in the Medieval and Early Modern Court / Dallas G. Denery II -- New Standards for Certainty: Early Receptions of Aristotle's Posterior Analytics / Eileen C. Sweeney -- Can We Trust our Senses? Fourteenth-Century Debates on Sensory Illusions / Dominik Perler -- How Is it Possible to Believe Falsely? John Buridan, the Vetula, and the Psychology of Error / Christophe Grellard -- Living with Uncertainty: Reactions to Aristotle's Rhetoric in the Later Middle Ages / Rita Copeland -- Uncertainty in the Study of the Bible / Lesley Smith -- On Recognizing the Limits of Our Understanding: Medieval Debates about Merlin and Marvels / Karen Sullivan -- The Merits of Not Knowing: The Paradox of `Espoir certain' in Late Medieval French Narrative Poetry / Helen Swift -- Philosophy in Parts: Jean de Meun, Chaucer, and Lydgate / Nicolette Zeeman -- Vernacular Opinions / Mishtooni Bose
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Note continued: Logic, Scepticism, and `Heresy' in Early Fifteenth-Century Europe: Oxford, Vienna, Constance / Kantik Ghosh -- Laughter and Deception: Holcot and Chaucer Remain Cheerful / Hester Goodenough Gelber -- Medieval Betise: Internal Senses and Second Skins in Richard de Fournival's Bestiaire D'Amours / Sarah Kay.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The contents of this book cover uncertainty and deception in the medieval and early modern court, living with uncertainty, uncertainty in the study of the Bible, the merits of not knowing, vernacular opinions, and much more.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Uncertain knowledge, skepticism, relativism, and doubt in the middle ages