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Proof of the External World.

Descartes' attempt to ground the possibility of human knowledge in the existence of God was judged to be a complete failure by his contemporaries. This remains the universal opinion of philosophers to this day, despite thefact that three and a half centuries of secular epistemology ' which...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Duncan, Steven M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : James Clarke & Co, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Descartes' attempt to ground the possibility of human knowledge in the existence of God was judged to be a complete failure by his contemporaries. This remains the universal opinion of philosophers to this day, despite thefact that three and a half centuries of secular epistemology ' which attempts to ground the possibility of knowledge either in the unaided human intellect or in natural processes ' has failed to do any better. Further, the leading twentieth century attempts at theistic epistemology reject both the conception of knowledge and the standards of epistemic evaluation that Descarte.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (244 pages)
ISBN:0227903382
9780227903384