The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690Springer Netherlands, 1963 - 159 páginas |
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... belief , or opinion of it . Knowledge is first of all to be distinguished from belief , if the words are used in their strictest senses , for " faith [ i.e. , belief ] is not knowledge , no more than three is four , but eminently ...
... belief , or opinion of it . Knowledge is first of all to be distinguished from belief , if the words are used in their strictest senses , for " faith [ i.e. , belief ] is not knowledge , no more than three is four , but eminently ...
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... belief is that the former does not admit of degrees . One must say that he either knows or does not know the object in question , be it a mathematical axiom or principle of metaphysics ; the strength of belief , on the other hand ...
... belief is that the former does not admit of degrees . One must say that he either knows or does not know the object in question , be it a mathematical axiom or principle of metaphysics ; the strength of belief , on the other hand ...
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... belief , is that moral certainty suffices to give rise to action . Both reasons are expressed in the statement : God requires not anything but reason ... God is contented if the scale be turned ... God will be satisfied if we receive ...
... belief , is that moral certainty suffices to give rise to action . Both reasons are expressed in the statement : God requires not anything but reason ... God is contented if the scale be turned ... God will be satisfied if we receive ...
Contenido
The Theory of Certainty Secularized | 49 |
The Theory of Certainty in its Scientific Context | 90 |
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absolute certainty accepted admits argues arguments Aristotelian assent assurance atheism Bacon belief causes Chillingworth and Tillotson Christian Church claims concerning conclusions controversy degree of certainty demonstration Descartes developed doctrine doubt error Essay existence experience faculties Francis Bacon Glanvill's human Hume hypothesis Ibid ideas idols infallible certainty intuition John Locke John Tillotson John Wilkins Joseph Glanvill judgment justified kind of certainty kind of evidence kind of proof known levels of certainty Locke's London man's mathematical matters of fact metaphysical mind moral certainty Natural Philosophy Natural Religion Newton Novum Organum object observed occurs Opticks Oxford physical possible present Principia principles probability problem of certainty propositions reason relation religious Robert Boyle Robert Hooke Royal Society Rule of Faith Sadducismus Triumphatus says Scholium scripture sense perception Seventeenth Century skepticism structure of nature testimony theological theory of certainty true truth understanding Vanity of Dogmatizing views William Chillingworth witches writings