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

Título traducido de la contribución: Science and fiction. : 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. © 2016 CSIC.

Título traducido de la contribución	Science and fiction. : on don quijote's epistemological skepticism
Idioma original	Español
Páginas (desde-hasta)	145-157
Número de páginas	13
Publicación	Anales Cervantinos
Volumen	48
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3989/anacervantinos.2016.005
Estado	Publicada - 2016

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Cervantes
Epistemology
Fiction
Quixote
Science

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