The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690Springer Science & Business Media, 2012 M12 6 - 159 páginas The revival of ancient Greek scepticism in the 16th and 17th centuries was of the greatest importance in changing the intellectual climate in which modern science developed, and in developing the attitude that we now call "The scientific outlook". Many streams of thought came together contributing to various facets of this crucial development. One of the most fascinating of these is that of "constructive scepticism", the history of one of whose forms is traced in this study by Prof. Van Leeuwen. The sceptical crisis that arose during the Renaissance and Refor mation challenged the fundamental principles of the many areas of man's intellectual world, in philosophy, theology, humane and moral studies, and the sciences. The devastating weapons of classical scep ticism were employed to undermine man's confidence in his ability to discover truth in any area whatsoever by use of the human faculties of the senses and reason. These sceptics indicated that there was no area in which human beings could gain any certain knowledge, and that the effort to do so was fruitless, vain, presumptuous, and perhaps even blasphemous. StaI'ting with the writings of Hen ric us Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (1486-1535) and Michel de Montaigne (1533-92), a thoroughly destructive sceptical movement developed, attacking both the old and the new science, philosophy and theology, and insisting that true and certain knowledge can only be gained by Revelation. |
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... reason . These sceptics indicated that there was no area in which human beings could gain any certain knowledge , and that the effort to do so was fruitless , vain , presumptuous , and perhaps even blasphemous . Starting with the ...
... reason . These sceptics indicated that there was no area in which human beings could gain any certain knowledge , and that the effort to do so was fruitless , vain , presumptuous , and perhaps even blasphemous . Starting with the ...
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... reason are inadequate to measure and know the real nature of things . So , per non sequitur , Sanchez advocated that one should collect information about the particular items of sense experience instead of seeking for true knowledge ...
... reason are inadequate to measure and know the real nature of things . So , per non sequitur , Sanchez advocated that one should collect information about the particular items of sense experience instead of seeking for true knowledge ...
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... reason to doubt , and which suffices to enable us to understand the world . This limited knowledge consists of what is obvious to us , our sense experience , plus certain conclusions drawn from this . We can judge from a cautious and ...
... reason to doubt , and which suffices to enable us to understand the world . This limited knowledge consists of what is obvious to us , our sense experience , plus certain conclusions drawn from this . We can judge from a cautious and ...
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... reasons and foundations for a just theory , that should not only solve phenomena , as almost any ingenious theory may do , but show the substance , motions , and influences of the heavenly bodies , as they really are . " 9 Both the ...
... reasons and foundations for a just theory , that should not only solve phenomena , as almost any ingenious theory may do , but show the substance , motions , and influences of the heavenly bodies , as they really are . " 9 Both the ...
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... reason to be alarmed at the subtlety of the investigation , as if it could not be disentangled ; on the contrary , the nearer it approaches to simple natures , the easier and plainer will everything become ; the business being ...
... reason to be alarmed at the subtlety of the investigation , as if it could not be disentangled ; on the contrary , the nearer it approaches to simple natures , the easier and plainer will everything become ; the business being ...
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208 | 81 |
Isaac Newton | 106 |
John Locke and the Philosophical Exposition of the Theory | 121 |
Bibliography | 153 |
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The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690 Henry G. van Leeuwen Vista previa limitada - 1970 |
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