Liberating Judgment : Fanatics, Skeptics, and John Locke's Politics of Probability /

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Examining the social and political upheavals that characterized the collapse of public judgment in early modern Europe, Liberating Judgment offers a unique account of the achievement of liberal democracy and self-government. The book argues that the work of John Locke instills a civic judgment that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Casson, Douglas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Locke, John, > 1632-1704.
Political science > Philosophy.
Judgment (Logic)
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Jugement (Logique)
Political science > Philosophy > History > 17th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Great Recoinage
  • I.U nsettling judgment: knowledge, belief, and the crisis of authority
  • II. A bandoning judgment: montaignian skeptics and Cartesian fanatics
  • III. R eworking reasonableness: the authoritative testimony of nature
  • IV. Forming judgment: the transformation of knowledge and belief
  • V. Liberating judgment: freedom, happiness, and the reasonable self
  • VI. Enacting judgment: dismantling the divine certainty of Sir Robert Filmer.

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