Getting it wrong : : the mediaeval epistemology of error / / G. R. Evans.

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...

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Superior document:Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters ; 63
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherland ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [1998]
©1998
Year of Publication:1998
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters ; 63.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / G.R. Evans
  • Preface / G.R. Evans
  • Abbreviations / G.R. Evans
  • Chapter One Two Poles / G.R. Evans
  • Chapter Two Parts, Organs, Powers and Faculties of the Soul / G.R. Evans
  • Chapter One God's Teaching, Human Learning / G.R. Evans
  • Chapter Two Creativity / G.R. Evans
  • Chapter Three Academic Processes of Teaching and Learning / G.R. Evans
  • Chapter Four Research and Curiosity / G.R. Evans
  • Chapter One The Uniqueness of Individuals, the Particularity of Knowledge / G.R. Evans
  • Chapter Two The Commonness of Shared Knowledge / G.R. Evans
  • Chapter One Wisdom and Folly / G.R. Evans
  • Chapter Two Security and Incompleteness of Knowledge / G.R. Evans
  • Chapter Three Truth and Lies / G.R. Evans
  • Conclusion / G.R. Evans
  • Sources / G.R. Evans
  • Index / G.R. Evans
  • Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters / G.R. Evans.