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Format: X, 285 S. ; , 24 cm.

ISBN: 978-0-691-14474-0 , 0-691-14474-5

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: Philosophy

Keywords: 1632-1704 Locke, John ; Selbstbestimmung ; Urteilsfähigkeit ; Subjektive Wahrscheinlichkeit ; Politische Theorie ; Erkenntnistheorie

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Format: 1 online resource (234 pages)

ISBN: 9781400836888

Content: 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. Locke changes the way political power is assessed by replacing deteriorating vocabularies of legitimacy with a new language of justification informed by a conception of probability. For Locke, the coherence and viability of liberal self-government rests not on unassailable principles or institutions, but on the capacity of citizens to embrace probable judgment. The book explores the breakdown of the medieval understanding of knowledge and opinion, and considers how Montaigne's skepticism and Descartes' rationalism--interconnected responses to the crisis--involved a pragmatic submission to absolute rule. Locke endorses this response early on, but moves away from it when he encounters a notion of reasonableness based on probable judgment. In his mature writings, Locke instructs his readers to govern their faculties and intellectual yearnings in accordance with this new standard as well as a vocabulary of justification that might cultivate a self-government of free and equal individuals. The success of Locke's arguments depends upon citizens' willingness to take up the labor of judgment in situations where absolute certainty cannot be achieved.

Content: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction: The Great Recoinage -- I. Unsettling Judgment: Knowledge, Belief, and the Crisis of Authority -- Certain Knowledge and Probable Belief -- Unsettling Knowledge -- Unsettling Belief -- II. Abandoning Judgment: Montaignian Skeptics and Cartesian Fanatics -- Montaigne and the Politics of Skepticism -- Descartes and the Rationalist Dream -- Young Locke as Skeptic and Absolutist -- III. Reworking Reasonableness: The Authoritative Testimony of Nature -- The Transformation of a Skeptic -- Precursors to Lockean Reasonableness -- From Lecture Halls to Laboratories -- IV. Forming Judgment: The Transformation of Knowledge and Belief -- Locke's Political Pedagogy -- Fanatics and Philosophizers -- Defining and Redefining Knowledge and Belief -- V. Liberating Judgment: Freedom, Happiness, and the Reasonable Self -- Unrestrained and Restrained Freedoms -- The Pursuit of True and Solid Happiness -- The Formation of the Reasonable Self -- VI. Enacting Judgment: Dismantling the Divine Certainty of Sir Robert Filmer -- Preaching Patriarcha from the Pulpit -- Probable Judgment and the Authority of Scripture -- The Slavishness of Systems -- VII. Authorizing Judgment: Consensual Government and the Politics of Probability -- The State of Nature as a Realm of Virtue and Convenience -- From Moral Clarity to Epistemological Confusion -- Entrusting Judgment to a Shared Authority -- Prerogative, Public Good, and the Judgment of the People -- Conclusion: The Great Recoinage Revisited -- References -- Index.

Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources , Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgement; Introduction: The Great Recoinage; I. Unsettling Judgment: Knowledge, Belief, and the Crisis of Authority; Certain Knowledge and Probable Belief; Unsettling Knowledge; Unsettling Belief; II. Abandoning Judgment: Montaignian Skeptics and Cartesian Fanatics; Montaigne and the Politics of Skepticism; Descartes and the Rationalist Dream; Young Locke as Skeptic and Absolutist; III. Reworking Reasonableness: The Authoritative Testimony of Nature; The Transformation of a Skeptic; Precursors to Lockean Reasonableness , From Lecture Halls to LaboratoriesIV. Forming Judgment: The Transformation of Knowledge and Belief; Locke's Political Pedagogy; Fanatics and Philosophizers; Defining and Redefining Knowledge and Belief; V. Liberating Judgment: Freedom, Happiness, and the Reasonable Self; Unrestrained and Restrained Freedoms; The Pursuit of True and Solid Happiness; The Formation of the Reasonable Self; VI. Enacting Judgment: Dismantling the Divine Certainty of Sir Robert Filmer; Preaching Patriarcha from the Pulpit; Probable Judgment and the Authority of Scripture; The Slavishness of Systems , VII. Authorizing Judgment: Consensual Government and the Politics of ProbabilityThe State of Nature as a Realm of Virtue and Convenience; From Moral Clarity to Epistemological Confusion; Entrusting Judgment to a Shared Authority; Prerogative, Public Good, and the Judgment of the People; Conclusion: The Great Recoinage Revisited; References; Index

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780691144740

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Language: English

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Content: Examining the social and political upheavals that characterized the collapse of public judgment in early modern Europe, this book offers a unique account of the achievement of liberal democracy and self-government.

Note: Previously issued in print: 2011.

Additional Edition: Print version : ISBN 9780691144740

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (580 p.)

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ISBN: 1-282-97915-9 , 9786612979156 , 1-4008-3688-3

Content: 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. Locke changes the way political power is assessed by replacing deteriorating vocabularies of legitimacy with a new language of justification informed by a conception of probability. For Locke, the coherence and viability of liberal self-government rests not on unassailable principles or institutions, but on the capacity of citizens to embrace probable judgment. The book explores the breakdown of the medieval understanding of knowledge and opinion, and considers how Montaigne's skepticism and Descartes' rationalism--interconnected responses to the crisis--involved a pragmatic submission to absolute rule. Locke endorses this response early on, but moves away from it when he encounters a notion of reasonableness based on probable judgment. In his mature writings, Locke instructs his readers to govern their faculties and intellectual yearnings in accordance with this new standard as well as a vocabulary of justification that might cultivate a self-government of free and equal individuals. The success of Locke's arguments depends upon citizens' willingness to take up the labor of judgment in situations where absolute certainty cannot be achieved.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction. The Great Recoinage -- , I. Unsettling Judgment. Knowledge, Belief, and the Crisis of Authority -- , II. Abandoning Judgment: Montaignian Skeptics and Cartesian Fanatics -- , III Reworking 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 -- , VII. Authorizing Judgment: Consensual Government and the Politics of Probability -- , Conclusion. The Great Recoinage Revisited -- , References -- , Index , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-691-14474-5

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781400836888