The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 16301690

Leeuwen, Henry G. Van; Popkin, Richard H.

ISBN 10: 9024701791 / ISBN 13: 9789024701797

Editore: Springer, 1970

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Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HPCD; HPK; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 438. . 1970. 2nd ed. 1970. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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• Titolo: The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 16301690
• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 1970
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9024701791
• ISBN 13: 9789024701797
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Edizione: seconda edizione
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

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".

Contenuti

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.