The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690Springer, 2013 M12 1 - 159 páginas |
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... God prevents us from knowing the causes of events . We , from our brief view of part of the world , construct foolish theories like atomism . Any theory is actually a form of blasphemy , since it is an attempt to limit God's creative ...
... God prevents us from knowing the causes of events . We , from our brief view of part of the world , construct foolish theories like atomism . Any theory is actually a form of blasphemy , since it is an attempt to limit God's creative ...
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... God to reveal true reality to us . Pierre Gassendi , in a less polemical form , set forth a similar theory . In his early writings , Gassendi had argued for complete scepticism , using the views of Montaigne and Sextus to reach the ...
... God to reveal true reality to us . Pierre Gassendi , in a less polemical form , set forth a similar theory . In his early writings , Gassendi had argued for complete scepticism , using the views of Montaigne and Sextus to reach the ...
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... God . From pursuing the latter enterprise , instead of the former , the Royal Society was able to establish the importance of experimental research , and to spawn the philosophy , the so - called British empiricism , that has played so ...
... God . From pursuing the latter enterprise , instead of the former , the Royal Society was able to establish the importance of experimental research , and to spawn the philosophy , the so - called British empiricism , that has played so ...
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Contenido
The Theory of Certainty Secularized | 49 |
The Theory of Certainty in its Scientific Context | 90 |
John Locke and the Philosophical Exposition of the Theory | 121 |
Conclusion | 143 |
Bibliography | 153 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690 Henry G. van Leeuwen Vista previa limitada - 2012 |
The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690 Henry G. van Leeuwen Vista previa limitada - 1970 |
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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