The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690Springer, 2013 M12 1 - 159 páginas |
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Página vii
... doubts , even though his sceptical arguments have not been answered or disproven . We may have no means of " knowing " what reality is like , or even if there is a real world , but no matter how indefensible or unjustifiable our ...
... doubts , even though his sceptical arguments have not been answered or disproven . We may have no means of " knowing " what reality is like , or even if there is a real world , but no matter how indefensible or unjustifiable our ...
Página viii
... doubt ( i.e. , we are psychologically forced to accept ) about the relations and sequences of phenomena , so that we can predict the course of events . Such knowledge serves as our only guide in this world , until it pleases God to ...
... doubt ( i.e. , we are psychologically forced to accept ) about the relations and sequences of phenomena , so that we can predict the course of events . Such knowledge serves as our only guide in this world , until it pleases God to ...
Página ix
... doubt upon the knowledge that we do possess , even though we cannot show that this knowledge is necessary or certain . The grounds for our knowledge remain open to question , but not the knowledge itself . The constructive scepticism of ...
... doubt upon the knowledge that we do possess , even though we cannot show that this knowledge is necessary or certain . The grounds for our knowledge remain open to question , but not the knowledge itself . The constructive scepticism of ...
Página x
... doubt , and that any " reasonable man " will accept . The postman can deliver the mail without solving the sceptical problems about whether he , the letters , and the recipients exist . So , also , the “ reasonable ” man can find ...
... doubt , and that any " reasonable man " will accept . The postman can deliver the mail without solving the sceptical problems about whether he , the letters , and the recipients exist . So , also , the “ reasonable ” man can find ...
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Henry G. Leeuwen. doubt , the theologians , scientists and philosophers of the Royal Society could separate the hopeless quest for knowledge about the real nature of things , from the extremely successful and rewarding quest for infor ...
Henry G. Leeuwen. doubt , the theologians , scientists and philosophers of the Royal Society could separate the hopeless quest for knowledge about the real nature of things , from the extremely successful and rewarding quest for infor ...
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