The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690Springer, 2013 M12 1 - 159 páginas |
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Página v
... man's intellectual world , in philosophy , theology , humane and moral studies , and the sciences . The devastating weapons of classical scep- ticism were employed to undermine man's confidence in his ability to discover truth in any ...
... man's intellectual world , in philosophy , theology , humane and moral studies , and the sciences . The devastating weapons of classical scep- ticism were employed to undermine man's confidence in his ability to discover truth in any ...
Página vi
... man can understand . And , since God can , if He so wills , change the secondary causal pattern in the world , any discovery in physics can become false . So , we should realize our ignorance , accept the fact that God wills to limit ...
... man can understand . And , since God can , if He so wills , change the secondary causal pattern in the world , any discovery in physics can become false . So , we should realize our ignorance , accept the fact that God wills to limit ...
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... man's purposes , and which was the amount of certainty that the case admitted of . Castellio appealed to the means ... man is unable to find absolutely certain religious knowledge . However , by employing the standards of common - sense ...
... man's purposes , and which was the amount of certainty that the case admitted of . Castellio appealed to the means ... man is unable to find absolutely certain religious knowledge . However , by employing the standards of common - sense ...
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... man and 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 ...
... man and 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 ...
Página xiii
... man's knowledge of the nature of the real world . In connection with the religious controversy the views of two liberal Anglican clergymen , William Chillingworth and John Tillotson , are examined and found to contain a somewhat ...
... man's knowledge of the nature of the real world . In connection with the religious controversy the views of two liberal Anglican clergymen , William Chillingworth and John Tillotson , are examined and found to contain a somewhat ...
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 |
Términos y frases comunes
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