Certainty

“The selections are well chosen . . . the Introduction and headnotes are extremely clear and well written . . . appropriately pegged for a very introductory audience.”
     —Steven Gerrard, Williams College

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Edited, with Introduction, by Jonathan Westphal

1995 - 174 pp.

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“The selections are well chosen . . . the Introduction and headnotes are extremely clear and well written . . . appropriately pegged for a very introductory audience.”
     —Steven Gerrard, Williams College

 

Contents:

  • PLATO, “Knowledge and Opinion,” from Republic
  • AUGUSTINE, “Three Things True and Certain,” from The City of God
  • AQUINAS, “Whether Faith is More Certain than Science . . . ?” from Summa Theologica
  • DESCARTES, Meditations I, II, VI, from Meditations
  • LEIBNIZ, “On the Method of Distinguishing Real from Imaginary Phenomena”
  • HUME, “Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy,” from Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
  • REID, “Reflections on the Common Theory of Ideas,” from Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man
  • HUSSERL, “First Meditation: the Way to the Transcendental Ego,” from Cartesian Meditations
  • MOORE, “Certainty,” from Philosophical Papers
  • WITTGENSTEIN, “On Certainty,” from On Certainty
  • REICHENBACH, “The Search for Certainty and the Rationalistic Conception of Knowledge,” from The Rise of Scientific Philosophy
  • MALCOLM, “Do I Know I Am Awake?” from Dreaming
  • BOUWSMA, “Descartes’ Evil Genius,” from Philosophical Essays
  • SMULLYAN, “Dream or Reality,” from 5000 B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies
  • OCTAVIO PAZ, “Certainty,” a poem from Configurations

    Suggested Further Readings.