Ciencia y ficción.: notas sobre el escepticismo epistemológico del Quijote

Félix Schmelzer

doi:10.3989/anacervantinos.2016.005

Ciencia y ficción. notas sobre el escepticismo epistemológico del Quijote

Translated title of the contribution: Science and fiction. On don quijote's epistemological skepticism: on don quijote's epistemological skepticism

Félix Schmelzer^*

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The present work seeks to analyze the representation of scientific knowledge in Cervantes' Quixote, focusing on various passages that underline the scientific expertise of don Quixote himself. It is shown that the novel contains a subtle critique of science, based on an epistemological skepticism with regard to the arbitrariness of our world concepts. The characterization of don Quixote as a man of science even permits deducting that he suffers from a 'double mental damage', caused by the lecture of both books of cavalry and science. Cervantes thus would consider science to be fiction, a very modern point of view.

Translated title of the contribution	Science and fiction. On don quijote's epistemological skepticism: on don quijote's epistemological skepticism
Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	145-157
Number of pages	13
Journal	Anales Cervantinos
Volume	48
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3989/anacervantinos.2016.005
State	Published - 2016

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