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Scientia in Early Modern PhilosophyJohn Locke and the Limits of Scientia

Scientia in Early Modern Philosophy: John Locke and the Limits of Scientia [Locke uses the word “science”, with the force of the Latin word scientia, over twenty times in the Essay Concerning Human Understanding. It is a very important concept in his account of knowledge and its limitations and his understanding of it stands in interesting contrast with other major philosophers in the seventeenth century. In many ways his account seems very straightforward but it also contains some perhaps surprising aspects which call into question the picture of Locke as the commonsense philosopher of standard exegesis. Before we reach those latter points, however, we need to outline his central claims and see them in relation to his predecessors and contemporaries.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Scientia in Early Modern PhilosophyJohn Locke and the Limits of Scientia

Part of the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Book Series (volume 24)
Editors: Sorell, Tom; Rogers, G.A.; Kraye, Jill
Rogers, G.A.J.
Scientia in Early Modern Philosophy — Sep 28, 2009
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
ISBN
978-90-481-3076-4
Pages
129 –136
DOI
10.1007/978-90-481-3077-1_9
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Abstract

[Locke uses the word “science”, with the force of the Latin word scientia, over twenty times in the Essay Concerning Human Understanding. It is a very important concept in his account of knowledge and its limitations and his understanding of it stands in interesting contrast with other major philosophers in the seventeenth century. In many ways his account seems very straightforward but it also contains some perhaps surprising aspects which call into question the picture of Locke as the commonsense philosopher of standard exegesis. Before we reach those latter points, however, we need to outline his central claims and see them in relation to his predecessors and contemporaries.]

Published: Sep 28, 2009

Keywords: Natural World; Natural Kind; Moral Knowledge; General Proposition; Posterior Analytics

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