Juan Luis Vives on Study Notebooks: Education, Language and Epistemic Value

Authors

  • Valentina Lepri Institute of Philosophy and Sociology,​ ​Polish Academy of Sciences

Keywords:

Juan Luis Vives, Notebooks, Education, Knowledge, Language

Abstract

This paper outlines Juan Luis Vives’ (1493-1540) instructions for the creation and management of a study notebook, contained in his De ratione studii puerilis Epistolae duae (1524) and De disciplinis (1531). It aims to show that this set of rules went beyond educational purposes, as it was consistent with Vives' conception of knowledge, and in particular with the characteristics that he attributed to language. Recent studies have rightly pointed out that his ideas about knowledge and language were in line with the anti-scholastic trend of the time, which sought to move philosophical reflection from the abstract and metaphysical to the concrete and empirical. The paper argues that Vives' reflections on notebooks and note-taking were part of the same project, since his notebook was the main ground for organizing the empirical level of knowledge.

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Published

2024-07-29

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Vol. 15 No. 3 (2023): Philosophical Readings

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