The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690Springer, 2013 M12 1 - 159 páginas |
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... truth in any area whatsoever by use of the human faculties of the senses and 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 ...
... truth in any area whatsoever by use of the human faculties of the senses and 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 ...
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Henry G. Leeuwen. ancients , and had no more claim to truth than any other human opinions . Instead of seeking for true knowledge by human means , Montaigne suggested that we recognize our own ignorance . Then , perhaps , we would ...
Henry G. Leeuwen. ancients , and had no more claim to truth than any other human opinions . Instead of seeking for true knowledge by human means , Montaigne suggested that we recognize our own ignorance . Then , perhaps , we would ...
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... truth that enables us to overturn the sceptical attacks , but by admitting that there is no answer to the sceptical reasonings , but what does it matter ? We do not need to establish that there is true knowledge , or that there is a ...
... truth that enables us to overturn the sceptical attacks , but by admitting that there is no answer to the sceptical reasonings , but what does it matter ? We do not need to establish that there is true knowledge , or that there is a ...
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... truth , rather than true knowledge itself . Gassendi made no effort to defend his atomic theory as a true picture of reality , and hence , as a metaphysical system . It was defended as the best predictive hy- pothesis considering what ...
... truth , rather than true knowledge itself . Gassendi made no effort to defend his atomic theory as a true picture of reality , and hence , as a metaphysical system . It was defended as the best predictive hy- pothesis considering what ...
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... truth is already a possession and nothing new remains to be discovered . The second and antithetical temperament is that of the skeptic who , insisting that " nothing can be known , " refuses to make any attempt to understand the world ...
... truth is already a possession and nothing new remains to be discovered . The second and antithetical temperament is that of the skeptic who , insisting that " nothing can be known , " refuses to make any attempt to understand the world ...
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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