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The fall of man and the foundations of science /
Peter Harrison provides an account of the religious foundations of scientific knowledge.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Adam's Encyclopaedia
- Science in paradise
- Falling into ignorance
- Inheriting error
- Carnal knowledge and the divine light
- Baptising aristotle
- Chapter 2 Augustine revived
- Luther and the putrid philosopher
- Depravity and doubt
- Augustinus
- The sceptical hypothesis
- Chapter 3 Seeking certainty in a fallen world
- Vestiges of heavenly light
- Mathematical certainties
- Adam, moses, hermes, solomon
- Inspiration, experience, and experiment
- Chapter 4 Dethroning the idols
- Self-knowledge and the sciences
- The dominion of mind
- The fallen body
- Intellectual idolatry
- Chapter 5 The instauration of learning
- 'Knowledge shall be increased'
- Reversing babel
- Solomon's house
- The limits of reason
- Anthropology abandoned
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Last Page.