The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690Springer Netherlands, 1963 - 159 páginas |
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... less clear , and amount to but an occasional hint . He argues in one place that the certainty of belief is not less than the certainty of knowledge . On the evidence of hearsay , to use his example , one may believe there is such a city ...
... less clear , and amount to but an occasional hint . He argues in one place that the certainty of belief is not less than the certainty of knowledge . On the evidence of hearsay , to use his example , one may believe there is such a city ...
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... less than what his predecessors we have examined called mathematical or demonstra- tive certainty . In his Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science , E. A. Burtt concludes his discussion of Newton's method with the statement ...
... less than what his predecessors we have examined called mathematical or demonstra- tive certainty . In his Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science , E. A. Burtt concludes his discussion of Newton's method with the statement ...
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... less agree or disagree with it , so is any propo- sition in itself more or less probable . " 28 In probability as in knowledge there are degrees of both evidence and assent which must be kept in system for warning us of things which may ...
... less agree or disagree with it , so is any propo- sition in itself more or less probable . " 28 In probability as in knowledge there are degrees of both evidence and assent which must be kept in system for warning us of things which may ...
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The Theory of Certainty Secularized | 49 |
The Theory of Certainty in its Scientific Context | 90 |
15 | 96 |
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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