Perception and action in medieval Europe
By: Harald Kleinschmidt.
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Perception -- History -- To 1500; Act (Philosophy) -- History -- To 1500; Civilization, Medieval -- Psychological aspects
Description: "Study of the changing nature of the perception of an action and the action itself, and how thought-processes altered radically in the Middle Ages"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Perception and action : the genesis of their separation as concepts; title: The transformation of perception in the early eleventh century : dance historical records from the village of Kölbigk in East Saxony; title: Impacts from the environment : the perception of odour, touch and taste; title: Impacts on the environment : the rationality of action; title: Aesthetics and ethics : their separation as concepts.