Screen LibraryThe skeptical Enlightenment : doubt and certainty in the age of reason /
"Although many historical narratives often describe the eighteenth century as an unalloyed 'Age of Reason,' Enlightenment thinkers continued to grapple with the challenges posed by the revival and spread of philosophical skepticism. The imperative to ov
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Voltaire Foundation,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment,
2019:03 |
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| Summary: |
"Although many historical narratives often describe the eighteenth century as an unalloyed 'Age of Reason,' Enlightenment thinkers continued to grapple with the challenges posed by the revival and spread of philosophical skepticism. The imperative to ov |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 235 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-226) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781786941947 (paperback) : 1786941945 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | B802 |
| CLC: | K141 |
| Call Number: | K141/S627 |
| Contents: | Introduction: from an "age of skepticism" to an "age of reason" / Anton M. Matytsin and Jeffrey D. Burson -- Healing the skeptical crisis and rectifying Cartesianisms: the notion of the Jesuit synthesis revisited / Jeffrey D. Burson -- "A man who sticks |