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71Descartes: methodology — Stephen Gaukroger INTRODUCTION The seventeenth century is often referred to as the century of the Scientific Revolution, a time of fundamental scientific change in which traditional theories were either replaced by new ones or radically… …
72Berkeley, George — George Berkeley David Berman BACKGROUND AND EARLY WORK George Berkeley was born on 12 March 1685 in Co. Kilkenny, where he spent his early years. His father was from England, his mother (very probably) was born in Ireland.1 After attending… …
73Hume: moral and political philosophy — Rosalind Hursthouse INTRODUCTION Hume’s moral and political philosophy, like his epistemology and meta physics, originally appeared in A Treatise of Human Nature, (henceforth [7.1]), Book III of which, ‘Of Morals’, was published in 1740. He… …
74Vico, Giambattista — Giambattista Vico Antonio Pérez Ramos Faire, c’est se faire. S.Mallarmé Giambattista Vico’s (1688–1744) contribution to the history of western thought is both difficult to identify and still harder to evaluate. So much so that the overall… …
75disbelieving — adjective denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles • Syn: ↑skeptical, ↑sceptical, ↑unbelieving • Similar to: ↑incredulous • Derivationally related forms …
76doubting — adjective marked by or given to doubt a skeptical attitude a skeptical listener • Syn: ↑questioning, ↑skeptical, ↑sceptical • Similar to: ↑distrustful …
77questioning — I noun a request for information (Freq. 6) • Syn: ↑inquiring • Derivationally related forms: ↑inquire (for: ↑inquiring), ↑question …
78unbelieving — adjective 1. rejecting any belief in gods • Syn: ↑atheistic, ↑atheistical • Similar to: ↑irreligious • Derivationally related forms: ↑atheist (for: ↑ …
79Chemistry — For other uses, see Chemistry (disambiguation). Chemistry is the science of atomic matter (that made of chemical elements), its properties, structure, comp …
80List of agnostics — Listed here are persons who have identified themselves as agnostics . Also included are those who have expressed the view that it is unknown or inherently unknowable whether God or other deities exist.List Authors*Jorge Luis Borges (1899 1986),… …
