Mapping Human Knowledge in Peripatetic Research: Thaumata, Endoxa and the Hierarchy of Beliefs
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2024
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Baltussen, H.
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Zucker, A.
Mayhew, R.
Hellmann, O.
Mayhew, R.
Hellmann, O.
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The Aristotelian Mirabilia and Early Peripatetic Natural Science, 2024 / Zucker, A., Mayhew, R., Hellmann, O. (ed./s), Ch.2, pp.26-45
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Han Baltussen
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The work On marvelous things heard has clear links to Peripatetic writings, but what was its role, if any, in their epistemic project? Like Aristotle, the Peripatetics believed that a true understanding of the world can occur through observation as well as from “what people say.ˮ Aristotle used to emphasise that the opinions worth collecting before subjecting them to a critical assessment had to derive their authority from the status of the person holding the views (experts). I suggest that the Mirabilia, with its surprising or implausible beliefs, appears to be only a marginal player in the Peripatetic epistemic landscape.
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