| Description |
1 online resource (x, 285 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Locke, John, 1632-1704.
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Locke, John, 1632-1704. |
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Judgment (Logic)
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Judgment (Logic) |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Casson, Douglas. Liberating judgment. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011 9780691144740 (DLC) 2010018916 (OCoLC)587249036 |
| ISBN |
9781400836888 (electronic book) |
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1400836883 (electronic book) |
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9780691144740 |
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0691144745 |
| Standard No. |
9786612979156 |
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