Liberating judgment : fanatics, skeptics, and John Locke's politics of probability / Douglas John Casson.

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Casson, Douglas

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9781400836888
1400836883
1282979159
9781282979154
9786612979156
6612979151

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Liberating judgment.DDC classification:

320.01 22

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JC153.L87 C38 2011eb

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.