Hobbes"The well-known moral and political doctrines of Leviathan have tended to overshadow Hobbes's speculations in other fields. In this book doctrines familiar from the treatises on 'Policy', as well as less familiar empirical and metaphysical theories, are given balanced consideration against the background of his philosophy of science."--Bookjacket. |
Contents
THE PARTS OF SCIENCE AND THE METHODS | 14 |
1 | 27 |
TWO PROBLEMS WITH DEMONSTRATIVE | 43 |
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