Mapping Human Knowledge in Peripatetic Research: Thaumata, Endoxa and the Hierarchy of Beliefs

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dc.contributor.authorBaltussen, H.
dc.contributor.editorZucker, A.
dc.contributor.editorMayhew, R.
dc.contributor.editorHellmann, O.
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThe 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.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityHan Baltussen
dc.identifier.citationThe Aristotelian Mirabilia and Early Peripatetic Natural Science, 2024 / Zucker, A., Mayhew, R., Hellmann, O. (ed./s), Ch.2, pp.26-45
dc.identifier.doi10.4324/9781032651965-3
dc.identifier.isbn9781032651910
dc.identifier.orcidBaltussen, H. [0000-0002-8262-1833]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/142369
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.rights© 2024 selection and editorial matter, Arnaud Zucker, Robert Mayhew, and Oliver Hellmann; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Arnaud Zucker, Robert Mayhew, and Oliver Hellmann to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.4324/9781032651965
dc.titleMapping Human Knowledge in Peripatetic Research: Thaumata, Endoxa and the Hierarchy of Beliefs
dc.typeBook chapter
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