TY - BOOK ID - 16242029 TI - Boccaccio the Philosopher : An Epistemology of the Decameron PY - 2017 SN - 3319651153 3319651145 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy in literature. KW - Knowledge, Theory of. KW - Boccaccio, Giovanni, KW - Epistemology KW - Theory of knowledge KW - Philosophy KW - Psychology KW - Literature, Medieval. KW - European literature. KW - Genetic epistemology. KW - Philosophy, medieval. KW - Medieval Literature. KW - European Literature. KW - Epistemology. KW - Medieval Philosophy. KW - Medieval philosophy KW - Scholasticism KW - Developmental psychology KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - European literature KW - Medieval literature KW - Medieval philosophy. KW - Philosophy, Medieval. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16242029 AB - This book explores the tangled relationship between literary production and epistemological foundation as exemplified in one of the masterpieces of  Italian literature. Filippo Andrei argues that Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron has a significant though concealed engagement with philosophy, and that the philosophical implications of its narratives can be understood through an epistemological approach to the text. He analyzes the influence of Dante, Petrarch, Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, and other classical and medieval thinkers on Boccaccio's attitudes towards ethics and knowledge-seeking.  Beyond providing an epistemological reading of the Decameron, this book also evaluates how a theoretical reflection on the nature of rhetoric and poetic imagination can ultimately elicit a theory of knowledge.   . ER -