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The plain truth Descartes, Huet, and skepticism / by Lennon, Thomas M.

Table of Contents: “…-- The transparency of mind -- The cogito as pragmatic tautology -- Doubts -- The reality of doubt -- The generation of doubt -- The response to doubt -- Rules -- The criterion of truth -- The trump argument -- Circles -- The simple circularity of the Meditations -- The inner circle(s) -- Gods -- Gassendist influences -- The objections of objections -- The rejection of intentionality -- Virtues -- Descartes's voice -- Betting the family farm -- The propagation of light -- The heart-beat -- The moving earth -- Faith and reason -- Descartes as methodological academic skeptic.…”
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Cartesian truth by Vinci, Thomas C., 1949-

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Dying to know scientific epistemology and narrative in Victorian England / by Levine, George Lewis

Table of Contents: “…Wallace -- Self-effacement revisited : women and scientific autobiography -- The test of truth : Our Mutual Friend -- Daniel Deronda : a new epistemology -- The Cartesian Hardy : I think, therefore I'm doomed -- Daring to know : Karl Pearson and the romance of science -- The epistemology of science and art : Pearson and Pater.…”
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