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" Uncertain knowledge : "
edited by Dallas G. Denery II, Kantik Ghosh, and Nicolette Zeeman.
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BL
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858742
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Uncertain knowledge : : scepticism, relativism, and doubt in the middle ages /\ edited by Dallas G. Denery II, Kantik Ghosh, and Nicolette Zeeman.
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| Publication Statement
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Turnhout, Belgium :: Brepols Publishers,, 2014.
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| Series Statement
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Disputatio ;; 14
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vi, 345 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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2503547761
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0978250354829 (ebk)
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9782503548289 (eBook)
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978250354829
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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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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| 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.
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Belief and doubt.
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Philosophy, Medieval.
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Skepticism in literature.
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Skepticism-- History-- To 1500.
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Belief and doubt.
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Philosophy, Medieval.
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Relativismus.
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Skepticism i litteraturen.
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Skepticism in literature.
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Skepticism-- historia.
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Skepticism.
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Skeptizismus.
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Tvivel-- historia.
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Zweifel.
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Europa.
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| Dewey Classification
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149.7
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B738.S63U66 2014
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Denery, Dallas G., (Dallas George),1964-
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Ghosh, Kantik,1967-
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Zeeman, Nicolette,1956-
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| Parallel Title
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Uncertain knowledge, skepticism, relativism, and doubt in the middle ages
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