The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690Springer, 2013 M12 1 - 159 páginas |
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Página xii
... 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 absolute certainty and skepticism with its denial of the ...
... 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 absolute certainty and skepticism with its denial of the ...
Página xiii
... skepticism concerning 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 ...
... skepticism concerning 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 ...
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... skeptical uncertainty with the intent of achieving absolute certainty about the real structure of nature , and that in this ... skepticism not completely avoidable , but concluded that a moderate degree of certainty could be had by ...
... skeptical uncertainty with the intent of achieving absolute certainty about the real structure of nature , and that in this ... skepticism not completely avoidable , but concluded that a moderate degree of certainty could be had by ...
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... skeptic who , insisting that " nothing can be known , " refuses to make any attempt to understand the world because of its fruitlessness . Finally , there is the mediating attitude of those of " better judgment " who , attempting to ...
... skeptic who , insisting that " nothing can be known , " refuses to make any attempt to understand the world because of its fruitlessness . Finally , there is the mediating attitude of those of " better judgment " who , attempting to ...
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... skepticism as represented in the idols of the tribe , den , and marketplace , each of which must be outflanked . He ... skeptical arguments is evident from both the Novum Organum and his essays , the style of the latter of which was ...
... skepticism as represented in the idols of the tribe , den , and marketplace , each of which must be outflanked . He ... skeptical arguments is evident from both the Novum Organum and his essays , the style of the latter of which was ...
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 |
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