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... theory of scientia . For a long time that theory in effect defined what ' knowledge ' is . Scientific knowledge according to this theory is of ' that which is necessary [ and ] cannot be otherwise ' . ' It is to be contrasted with ...
... theory of scientia . For a long time that theory in effect defined what ' knowledge ' is . Scientific knowledge according to this theory is of ' that which is necessary [ and ] cannot be otherwise ' . ' It is to be contrasted with ...
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... theory of scientia or scientific knowledge in section 5. We shall look at it here in more detail . Locke's own account of the theory is rather brief . After all , he says , it was ' the common received Opinion amongst Men of Letters ...
... theory of scientia or scientific knowledge in section 5. We shall look at it here in more detail . Locke's own account of the theory is rather brief . After all , he says , it was ' the common received Opinion amongst Men of Letters ...
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... theory of scientia . A belief which is not acquired in the way the theory specifies cannot count as knowledge . Unless we have syllogistically shown from first principles and definitions that something must be so and cannot be otherwise ...
... theory of scientia . A belief which is not acquired in the way the theory specifies cannot count as knowledge . Unless we have syllogistically shown from first principles and definitions that something must be so and cannot be otherwise ...
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Chapter 2 | 53 |
Chapter 4 | 149 |
Bibliography of Books and Articles referred to more than once | 190 |
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