Hearing, Assenting, and Acting: Later Medieval Accounts of Testimonial Belief and Knowledge, 1300-1550 KU Leuven
This project is a comprehensive study of epistemological discussions on testimonial belief and knowledge in the Later Middle Ages (13001550), a period that has gone unnoticed in the history of epistemology. The project will proceed in three stages. The first stage will be devoted to identifying predecessors whose views had great influence on later medieval epistemology of testimony. Special attention will be paid to Augustine (354-430), ...