서유럽 중세광학의 성격 논쟁 : 광학인가, 시각학인가? = The Debate over Nature of Medieval Optics in Western Europe: Optics or Visual Science?

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This paper deals with the debate between A. Mark Smith and David C. Lindberg on the Big picture of medieval optics as perspectiva. A. Mark Smith argued that medieval optics was cognitive science in the modern sense, yet Lindberg expressed a reserved position that Smith’s argument be acceptable only to a certain extent. In order to contextualize this debate historically, the paper has examined the accounts of medieval theorist, Robertus Grosseteste, Johannes Peckham and Dominicus de Clivaxo, and presented the modern translation for perspectiva. Furthermore, the paper pointed out that widespread interpretation of medieval optics is anachronistic, revealing its mere prejudices of medieval optics.