The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690Springer, 2013 M12 1 - 159 páginas |
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Página viii
... absolute knowledge sought by the dogmatic philosophers cannot be found , but at the same time we can find a type of knowledge which we have no reason to doubt , and which suffices to enable us to understand the world . This limited ...
... absolute knowledge sought by the dogmatic philosophers cannot be found , but at the same time we can find a type of knowledge which we have no reason to doubt , and which suffices to enable us to understand the world . This limited ...
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... absolute certainty in this area , and the need to be " reasonable " in dealing with religious questions . In England , starting with the now almost forgotten figure , William Chillingworth , in his once famous , The Religion of ...
... absolute certainty in this area , and the need to be " reasonable " in dealing with religious questions . In England , starting with the now almost forgotten figure , William Chillingworth , in his once famous , The Religion of ...
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... certainty of knowledge developed in England between 1630 and 1690. This inquiry begins with an ex- amination of a ... absolute certainty and skepticism with its denial of the possibility of any knowledge whatever . A detailed account ...
... certainty of knowledge developed in England between 1630 and 1690. This inquiry begins with an ex- amination of a ... absolute certainty and skepticism with its denial of the possibility of any knowledge whatever . A detailed account ...
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... 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 influential of the early members of the Royal Society . In ...
... 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 influential of the early members of the Royal Society . In ...
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... absolute certainty . The view developed later in the century began with the recognition that absolute certainty is unattainable and skepticism not completely avoidable , but concluded that a moderate degree of certainty could be had by ...
... absolute certainty . The view developed later in the century began with the recognition that absolute certainty is unattainable and skepticism not completely avoidable , but concluded that a moderate degree of certainty could be had by ...
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 |
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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