Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630?1690
The revival of ancient Greek scepticism in the 16th and 17th centuries was of the greatest importance in changing the intellectual climate in which modern science developed, and in developing the attitude that we now call "The scientific outlook".
eBook, English, 1970
Springer Netherlands, [Place of publication not identified], 1970
1 online resource
9789024701797, 9024701791
1012455797
I. Francis Bacon and Scientific Knowledge.- II. The Problem of Certainty in its Theological Context.- I. William Chillingworth.- II. John Tillotson.- III. The Theory of Certainty Secularized.- I. John Wilkins.- II. Joseph Glanvill.- IV. The Theory of Certainty in its Scientific Context.- I. Robert Boyle.- II. Isaac Newton.- V. John Locke and the Philosophical Exposition of the Theory of Certainty.- Conclusion.- Index of Names.
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