The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690Springer, 2013 M12 1 - 159 páginas |
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... reason . These sceptics indicated that there was no area in which human beings could gain any certain knowledge , and that the effort to do so was fruitless , vain , presumptuous , and perhaps even blasphemous . Starting with the ...
... reason . These sceptics indicated that there was no area in which human beings could gain any certain knowledge , and that the effort to do so was fruitless , vain , presumptuous , and perhaps even blasphemous . Starting with the ...
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... reason are inadequate to measure and know the real nature of things . So , per non sequitur , Sanchez advocated that one should collect information about the particular items of sense experience instead of seeking for true knowledge ...
... reason are inadequate to measure and know the real nature of things . So , per non sequitur , Sanchez advocated that one should collect information about the particular items of sense experience instead of seeking for true knowledge ...
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... reason to doubt , and which suffices to enable us to understand the world . This limited knowledge consists of what is obvious to us , our sense experience , plus certain conclusions drawn from this . We can judge from a cautious and ...
... reason to doubt , and which suffices to enable us to understand the world . This limited knowledge consists of what is obvious to us , our sense experience , plus certain conclusions drawn from this . We can judge from a cautious and ...
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... reasons and foundations for a just theory , that should not only solve phenomena , as almost any ingenious theory may do , but show the substance , motions , and influences of the heavenly bodies , as they really are . " 9 Both the ...
... reasons and foundations for a just theory , that should not only solve phenomena , as almost any ingenious theory may do , but show the substance , motions , and influences of the heavenly bodies , as they really are . " 9 Both the ...
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... reason to be alarmed at the subtlety of the investigation , as if it could not be disentangled ; on the contrary , the nearer it approaches to simple natures , the easier and plainer will everything become ; the business being ...
... reason to be alarmed at the subtlety of the investigation , as if it could not be disentangled ; on the contrary , the nearer it approaches to simple natures , the easier and plainer will everything become ; the business being ...
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