IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 1223: Thoughts on Thinking: Cognition in the Medieval West
Wednesday 13 July 2005, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Glossa / Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of Glasgow |
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Organiser: | Alaric Hall, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki |
Moderator/Chair: | Alaric Hall, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki |
Paper 1223-a | Visual Imagination: Observations on Early Medieval Theory and Practice (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Mentalities, Religious Life, Theology |
Paper 1223-b | Cognition and Writing in Anglo-Saxon England (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Language and Literature - Old English, Literacy and Orality, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 1223-c | 'I Know It with my Mind but I Can't Control my Heart': Investigating Medieval Cognition with the Help of Corpus Linguistics (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Middle English |
Abstract | 'Cognitive' studies have grown prominent in recent years not only in sciences, but in humanities fields such as linguistics and archaeology. This session addresses how we can bring their interdisciplinary approaches to bear on the medieval West. It tackles questions of cognition from a variety of perspectives, including behaviour, language, mental images, and medieval thinking about thought. The purpose of the session is not only to present insights into early medieval cultures, but to ask fundamental questions about whether and how our work relates to this important and relatively new field. |