The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690Springer Science & Business Media, 1970 M07 31 - 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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... fact that God wills to limit our knowledge , and then abandon scientific research , and turn to Reve- lation . Scepticism aids the sciences not by clarifying problems , elimi- nating errors , etc. , but by showing they are useless ...
... fact that God wills to limit our knowledge , and then abandon scientific research , and turn to Reve- lation . Scepticism aids the sciences not by clarifying problems , elimi- nating errors , etc. , but by showing they are useless ...
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... fact is known in mathematics and mathematical physics . This most impressive catalogue is sufficient to force the sceptic to recant his doubts , even though his sceptical arguments have not been answered or disproven . We may have no ...
... fact is known in mathematics and mathematical physics . This most impressive catalogue is sufficient to force the sceptic to recant his doubts , even though his sceptical arguments have not been answered or disproven . We may have no ...
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... fact that experience is what one would expect , if atomism were true . This yields what he called a shadow of truth , rather than true knowledge itself . Gassendi made no effort to defend his atomic theory as a true picture of reality ...
... fact that experience is what one would expect , if atomism were true . This yields what he called a shadow of truth , rather than true knowledge itself . Gassendi made no effort to defend his atomic theory as a true picture of reality ...
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... fact , they reject the view that scientific investigation yields absolute certainty about the real structure of nature . Bacon's views concerning the certainty of scientific knowledge are thus shown to be at odds with those of the more ...
... fact , they reject the view that scientific investigation yields absolute certainty about the real structure of nature . Bacon's views concerning the certainty of scientific knowledge are thus shown to be at odds with those of the more ...
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Contenido
FRANCIS BACON AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE | 1 |
THE PROBLEM OF CERTAINTY IN ITS THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT | 13 |
SECTION I WILLIAM CHILLINGWORTH | 15 |
SECTION II JOHN TILLOTSON | 32 |
THE THEORY OF CERTAINTY SECULARIZED | 49 |
SECTION I JOHN WILKINS | 50 |
SECTION II JOSEPH GLANVILL | 71 |
THE THEORY OF CERTAINTY IN ITS SCIENTIFIC CONTEXT | 90 |
SECTION I ROBERT BOYLE | 91 |
SECTION II ISAAC NEWTON | 106 |
JOHN LOCKE AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL EXPOSITION OF THE THEORY OF CERTAINTY | 121 |
CONCLUSION | 143 |
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