Liberating judgment : fanatics, skeptics, and John Locke's politics of probability /
Casson, Douglas.
Liberating judgment : fanatics, skeptics, and John Locke's politics of probability / Douglas John Casson. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (x, 285 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 avoids the excesses of corrosive skepticism and dogmatic fanaticism, which lead to either political acquiescence or irresolvable conflict.
English.
9781400836888 (electronic bk.) 1400836883 (electronic bk.) 1282979159 9781282979154 9786612979156 6612979151
9786612979156
297915 MIL 22573/cttssc4 JSTOR
Locke, John, 1632-1704.
Locke, John, 1632-1704.
Locke, John, 1632-1704.
1600-1699
Political science--Philosophy--History--17th century.
Judgment (Logic)
Jugement (Logique)
PHILOSOPHY--Political.
Judgment (Logic)
Political science--Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
JC153.L87 / C38 2011eb
320.01
Liberating judgment : fanatics, skeptics, and John Locke's politics of probability / Douglas John Casson. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (x, 285 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 avoids the excesses of corrosive skepticism and dogmatic fanaticism, which lead to either political acquiescence or irresolvable conflict.
English.
9781400836888 (electronic bk.) 1400836883 (electronic bk.) 1282979159 9781282979154 9786612979156 6612979151
9786612979156
297915 MIL 22573/cttssc4 JSTOR
Locke, John, 1632-1704.
Locke, John, 1632-1704.
Locke, John, 1632-1704.
1600-1699
Political science--Philosophy--History--17th century.
Judgment (Logic)
Jugement (Logique)
PHILOSOPHY--Political.
Judgment (Logic)
Political science--Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
JC153.L87 / C38 2011eb
320.01