Uncertain Knowledge : Scepticism, Relativism, and Doubt in the Middle Ages

Denery, Dallas G., II (EDT); Ghosh, Kantik (EDT); Zeeman, Nicolette (EDT)

ISBN 10: 2503547761 / ISBN 13: 9782503547763

Published by Brepols Publishers, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Uncertain Knowledge : Scepticism, Relativism, and Doubt in the Middle Ages
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503547761
• ISBN 13: 9782503547763
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book undertakes an interdisciplinary investigation of ideas of uncertainty, relativism, and scepticism in the Middle Ages.

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.