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A history of reasonableness : testimony and authority in the art of thinking /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kennedy, Rick, 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, 2004.
Series:Rochester studies in philosophy ; v. 7.
Subjects:
Reasoning.
Critical thinking.
Philosophy > History.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • The classical tradition of testimony in topics
  • Three medieval traditions : Augustine, Boethius, and Cassiodoras
  • Two renaissance traditions : Ciceronian and Augustinian
  • The long influence of the port-royal logic
  • Appreciating Aristotle : Thomists, Scots, and Oxford noetics
  • Testimony becomes experience : the rise of critical thinking.