Scientia in Early Modern Philosophy Seventeenth-Century Thinkers on Demonstrative Knowledge from First Principles /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Sorell, Tom (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Rogers, G.A (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kraye, Jill (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Σειρά: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 24
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Cultural heritage.; History.; Modern philosophy.; History of Philosophy.; History of Science.; Modern Philosophy.; History, general.; Cultural Heritage.

Scientia is the term that early modern philosophers applied to a certain kind of demonstrative knowledge, the kind whose starting points were appropriate first principles. In pre-modern philosophy, too, scientia was the name for demonstrative knowledge from first principles. But pre-modern and early...

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