
HoP 284 - Seeing is Believing - Nicholas of Autrecourt’s Skeptical Challenge
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Skepticism and Epistemological Challenges: Nicholas of Autrecourt
This chapter explores 14th-century thinker Nicholas of Autrecourt's criticisms of scholastic theories of knowledge, his rejection of Aristotelian doctrines, and his belief in the limited certainty of knowledge. It also discusses his exchange of letters with Bernard of Orrzezzo on intuitive cognition and perceiving non-existent things.
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