La Vérité des sciences
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La Vérité des sciences is a 17th-century philosophical treatise by Marin Mersenne that defends the reliability of scientific knowledge against skepticism and reconciles it with Christian theology.
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| La Vérité des sciences canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| addressesTopic |
certainty
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epistemology ⓘ scientific method ⓘ skepticism ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| aim |
to harmonize scientific inquiry with Christian doctrine
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to refute skeptical arguments against science ⓘ to show that scientific truths can be certain ⓘ |
| author | Marin Mersenne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| genre |
apologetic work
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philosophy of science ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | early modern debates on science and religion ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Catholic Counter-Reformation
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early modern science ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
learned readers
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natural philosophers ⓘ theologians ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
critique of skepticism
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defense of the reliability of scientific knowledge ⓘ reconciliation of science and Christian theology ⓘ |
| opposesView | radical skepticism about knowledge ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Christian philosophy
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Scholasticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
La Vérité des sciences contre les sceptiques ou pyrrhoniens
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Quaestiones celeberrimae in Genesim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective | Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsView |
scientific knowledge is reliable
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true science is compatible with Christian faith ⓘ |
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