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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... human opinions . Instead of seeking for true knowledge by human means , Montaigne suggested that we recognize our own ignorance . Then , perhaps , we would realize " Or n'y peut - il avoir des principes aux hommes , si la divinité ne ...
... human opinions . Instead of seeking for true knowledge by human means , Montaigne suggested that we recognize our own ignorance . Then , perhaps , we would realize " Or n'y peut - il avoir des principes aux hommes , si la divinité ne ...
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... human knowledge could not be satisfactorily answered , but it could be satis- factorily ignored , by recognizing that certain information was , in fact , induitable , and that the empirical scientific way of dealing with this ...
... human knowledge could not be satisfactorily answered , but it could be satis- factorily ignored , by recognizing that certain information was , in fact , induitable , and that the empirical scientific way of dealing with this ...
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... Human Understanding , is presented . By way of conclusion , David Hume's attempt to undermine the theory is sketched . It is shown , as a subsidiary thesis , that the view that Francis Bacon is the spiritual father of experimental ...
... Human Understanding , is presented . By way of conclusion , David Hume's attempt to undermine the theory is sketched . It is shown , as a subsidiary thesis , that the view that Francis Bacon is the spiritual father of experimental ...
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... human knowledge , all of which spring from philosophia prima which yields the mathematically certain axioms common to all the special areas of learning and clarifies such ' transcendentals ' as identity , diversity , possibility , and ...
... human knowledge , all of which spring from philosophia prima which yields the mathematically certain axioms common to all the special areas of learning and clarifies such ' transcendentals ' as identity , diversity , possibility , and ...
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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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