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Page 14
... suggested that with proper care and caution knowledge of the natural world is attainable . " Another was that of Pierre Gassendi and his older friend Marin Mersenne who aimed to find a middle course between dogmatism and scepticism ...
... suggested that with proper care and caution knowledge of the natural world is attainable . " Another was that of Pierre Gassendi and his older friend Marin Mersenne who aimed to find a middle course between dogmatism and scepticism ...
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... suggested . Some of our knowledge , specifically our knowledge of necessary truths , is such that it could not have been acquired by observa- tion and experience of the world , could not have been learnt . We can explain such knowledge ...
... suggested . Some of our knowledge , specifically our knowledge of necessary truths , is such that it could not have been acquired by observa- tion and experience of the world , could not have been learnt . We can explain such knowledge ...
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... suggested that an undue concentration on investigation of the natural world may lead to a certain intellectual ... suggest that the experimental philosopher is in danger of supposing that all areas of human concern and experience are ...
... suggested that an undue concentration on investigation of the natural world may lead to a certain intellectual ... suggest that the experimental philosopher is in danger of supposing that all areas of human concern and experience are ...
Contents
Chapter 2 | 53 |
Chapter 4 | 149 |
Bibliography of Books and Articles referred to more than once | 190 |
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accidental form accidents active power angles answer argument Aristotelian Aristotle body Boyle Boyle's Cartesian certainty clear colour complex idea concern corpuscles corpuscularian definition demonstration derived Descartes discussion distinction doctrine of innateness Essay example existence explain extent of knowledge fact Glanvill gold idea of active innate ideas intellectual intuitive intuitive knowledge John Locke Joseph Glanvill ledge Leibniz Locke says Locke's Malebranche malleability materials of knowledge matter means mechanical philosophy mind morality motion natural philosophy necessary connexion nominal essence objects obvious opinion particular passages perception Pierre Gassendi primary qualities principles privative causes properties propositions question real and nominal real essence reason refers rejection relation revelation Robert Boyle Royal Society scepticism Scholastic Scholasticism secondary qualities self-evident sensation sense seventeenth century simple ideas sorts of complex soul species Strasbourg cathedral Strasbourg-type clock substance-ideas substantial form suggestion supposed syllogism syllogistic things thought tion triangle truth understanding universal words