Medieval writers could hold mutually exclusive views without noticing contradiction
Evidence
It is always possible, moreover, for a man to hold mutually exclusive views simultaneously; or consecutively; or, as we have seen above, to repeat mutually exclusive views without giving both — or either — credence. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2481 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Medieval writers mostly ignored that shared terms hid different meanings; Medieval encyclopaedists included material without asserting its truth; Medieval copyists reproduced contradictory views without vouching for them (+1 more)
Related
- People can hold mutually exclusive views without believing either (similarity 0.92)
- Medieval copyists reproduced contradictory views without vouching for them (similarity 0.85)
- Medieval encyclopaedists included material without asserting its truth (similarity 0.85)
- Medieval encyclopaedists retained discredited passages rather than omitting them. (similarity 0.81)
- Copying an assertion does not imply a writer’s assent to it (similarity 0.79)
- Medieval writers mostly ignored that shared terms hid different meanings (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- People can hold mutually exclusive views without believing either
#expands(0.85) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2481