Partout à travers l'Europe, les Lumières s'opposent au scepticisme qui se propage en politique, en histoire et en théologie. Les contributions analysent le processus ayant permis de maîtriser progressivement le scepticisme philosophique afin de susciter un retour aux pouvoirs de la raison et de la compréhension humaine. ©Electre 2025
Although many historical narratives often describe the eighteenth century as an unalloyed « Age of Reason », Enlightenment thinkers continued to grapple with the challenges posed by the revival and spread of philosophical skepticism. The imperative to overcome doubt and uncertainty informed some of the most innovative characteristics of eighteenth-century intellectual culture, including not only debates about epistemology and metaphysics but also matters of jurisprudence, theology, history, moral philosophy, and politics. Thinkers of this period debated about, established, and productively worked for progress within the parameters of the increasingly circumscribed boundaries of human reason. No longer considered innate and consistently perfect, reason instead became conceived as a faculty that was inherently fallible, limited by personal experiences, and in need of improvement throughout the course of any individual's life.
In its depiction of a complicated, variegated, and diverse Enlightenment culture, this volume examines the process by which philosophical skepticism was challenged and gradually tamed to bring about an anxious confidence in the powers of human understanding. The various contributions collectively demonstrate that philosophical skepticism, and not simply unshakable confidence in the powers of reason or the optimistic assumption about inevitable human improvement, was, in fact, the crucible of the Enlightenment process itself.
Paru le : 18/03/2019
Thématique : Histoire et Notions
Auteur(s) : Non précisé.
Éditeur(s) :
Liverpool University Press
Voltaire Foundation
Collection(s) : Oxford university studies in the Enlightenment
Contributeur(s) : Editeur scientifique (ou intellectuel) : Jeffrey David Burson - Editeur scientifique (ou intellectuel) : Anton M. Matytsin
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-1-78694-194-7
EAN13 : 9781786941947
Reliure : Broché
Pages : VII-235
Hauteur: 24.0 cm / Largeur 16.0 cm
Épaisseur: 1.5 cm
Poids: 0 g
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