The Empirical Aspect of Augustine's Epistemology

Although Augustine is rightly associated with the rationalistic epistemology of the Platonist tradition — which holds that knowledge comes from the mind rather than from experience — there is an underappreciated, and significant, empirical aspect to his epistemology, which I aim to clarify in this a...

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Main Author: Boone, Mark J. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2021
In: Augustiniana
Year: 2021, Volume: 71, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-87
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