Don't Think for Yourself: Authority and Belief in Medieval Philosophy

by Peter Adamson

Book Overview

How do we judge whether we should be willing to follow the views of experts or whether we ought to try to come to our own, independent views? This book seeks the answer in medieval philosophical thought.

In this engaging study into the history of philosophy and epistemology, Peter Adamson provides an answer to a question as relevant today as it was in the medieval period: how and when should we turn to the authoritative expertise...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268203407
• ISBN13: 9780268203405
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"