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... metaphysical system . It was defended as the best predictive hy- pothesis considering what we " know " from sense experience . For both Mersenne and Gassendi , the sceptical attack on human knowledge could not be satisfactorily answered ...
... metaphysical system . It was defended as the best predictive hy- pothesis considering what we " know " from sense experience . For both Mersenne and Gassendi , the sceptical attack on human knowledge could not be satisfactorily answered ...
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... metaphysical theory of their great contemporary , René Descartes . Their constructive scepticism was brushed aside , to remain alive mainly in the writings of the anti- Cartesians , especially among the Jesuits . But a new version of ...
... metaphysical theory of their great contemporary , René Descartes . Their constructive scepticism was brushed aside , to remain alive mainly in the writings of the anti- Cartesians , especially among the Jesuits . But a new version of ...
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... metaphysical , anti - rationalistic , and moderately skeptical scientific outlook . It is shown that in the the- ological and scientific movements of the period a deliberate effort was made to avoid both dogmatism with its claim to ...
... metaphysical , anti - rationalistic , and moderately skeptical scientific outlook . It is shown that in the the- ological and scientific movements of the period a deliberate effort was made to avoid both dogmatism with its claim to ...
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... metaphysical causes , however , enables one to impose a form or nature upon a material which did not previously exhibit it , thus enabling one to transform natural objects according to one's own wishes or interests.11 Since material and ...
... metaphysical causes , however , enables one to impose a form or nature upon a material which did not previously exhibit it , thus enabling one to transform natural objects according to one's own wishes or interests.11 Since material and ...
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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 |
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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