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Free Minds – An Archeology of the Idea of the University
Free Minds – An Archeology of the Idea of the University

Author(s): Andreas Speer
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Издателство »Изток-Запад«
Keywords: mind; archeology; university; idea; Bologna; Middle Ages; medieval education;

Summary/Abstract: The idea of the university arose in a situation of crisis and was the answer to that crisis. It was the a crisis especially of the institution of learning which had to face an enormous increase of new informations and mere facts, a paradigm shift in understanding the sciences, a confrontation with conflicting models of scientific explanations and beliefs and their impact on society, and finally a meeting of cultures in a more globalized world around the Mediterranean Sea, crossing even the boarders of that Mediterranean world. I am speaking of the 12th and 13th century and I have chosen the perspective of the Latin West, where in fact in Bologna and Paris the idea of the university arose. In 1200 the founding charter of the university of Paris was issued.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 7-18
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English