The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690Springer, 2013 M12 1 - 159 páginas |
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Página ix
... Royal Society , and with the scientific success of the Society , its theoretical outlook also triumphed . It is the history of this fascinating and all - important view that Professor Van Leeuwen traces in this book . The " experimental ...
... Royal Society , and with the scientific success of the Society , its theoretical outlook also triumphed . It is the history of this fascinating and all - important view that Professor Van Leeuwen traces in this book . The " experimental ...
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... Royal Society , and the Reverend Joseph Glanvill , one of its early members . Then , Prof. Van Leeuwen shows how this kind of constructive scepticism , which had arisen as a practical means of dealing with the theological contro ...
... Royal Society , and the Reverend Joseph Glanvill , one of its early members . Then , Prof. Van Leeuwen shows how this kind of constructive scepticism , which had arisen as a practical means of dealing with the theological contro ...
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... 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 great a role in Western thought ever since . Prof. Van Leeuwen presents ...
... 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 great a role in Western thought ever since . Prof. Van Leeuwen presents ...
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... Royal Society , John Wilkins and Joseph Glanvill , are investigated to see how the theory initially stated in the religious context was secularized . Following this , an attempt is made to show how the theory was applied by Robert Boyle ...
... Royal Society , John Wilkins and Joseph Glanvill , are investigated to see how the theory initially stated in the religious context was secularized . Following this , an attempt is made to show how the theory was applied by Robert Boyle ...
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... Royal Society for a statement of the aims and method of science as was Bacon . Thomas Sprat , the official historian and apologist for the Society , wrote in 1667 in his History of the Royal Society concerning Bacon's foresight : " I ...
... Royal Society for a statement of the aims and method of science as was Bacon . Thomas Sprat , the official historian and apologist for the Society , wrote in 1667 in his History of the Royal Society concerning Bacon's foresight : " I ...
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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