The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690Springer, 2013 M12 1 - 159 páginas |
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... views of Montaigne and Sextus to reach the negative con- clusion that no science is possible , least of all that of Aristotle . The only conclusion is that nothing can be known . Later on , Gassendi tempered his epistemological ...
... views of Montaigne and Sextus to reach the negative con- clusion that no science is possible , least of all that of Aristotle . The only conclusion is that nothing can be known . Later on , Gassendi tempered his epistemological ...
Página xiii
... views of Sir Isaac Newton on scientific certainty are also presented , though with the suggestion that they were not original with him but simply a continuation of views stated earlier , and that he is not the person responsible for ...
... views of Sir Isaac Newton on scientific certainty are also presented , though with the suggestion that they were not original with him but simply a continuation of views stated earlier , and that he is not the person responsible for ...
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... views were influential.2 In one crucial respect , however , namely his views on the certainty of knowledge , his ideas were not accepted by the more important of his scientific successors who otherwise looked to him with admiration ...
... views were influential.2 In one crucial respect , however , namely his views on the certainty of knowledge , his ideas were not accepted by the more important of his scientific successors who otherwise looked to him with admiration ...
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... views will be examined . First , his account of the nature and ideals of scientific knowledge will be presented . Second , the doctrine of the idols of the mind will be formulated as Bacon's version of a contemporary epistemological ...
... views will be examined . First , his account of the nature and ideals of scientific knowledge will be presented . Second , the doctrine of the idols of the mind will be formulated as Bacon's version of a contemporary epistemological ...
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... views on the state of learning , particu- larly his account of the major tendencies of the history of thought with regard to outlook and method which are relevant to his own times . In the opening paragraph of the preface to the Novum ...
... views on the state of learning , particu- larly his account of the major tendencies of the history of thought with regard to outlook and method which are relevant to his own times . In the opening paragraph of the preface to the Novum ...
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