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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instanceOf philosophical treatise ⓘ
addressesTopic certainty ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
scientific method ⓘ
skepticism ⓘ
theology ⓘ
aim to harmonize scientific inquiry with Christian doctrine ⓘ
to refute skeptical arguments against science ⓘ
to show that scientific truths can be certain ⓘ
author Marin Mersenne ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
genre apologetic work ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn early modern debates on science and religion ⓘ
historicalContext Catholic Counter-Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Reformation

early modern science ⓘ
intendedAudience learned readers ⓘ
natural philosophers ⓘ
theologians ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mainTheme critique of skepticism ⓘ
defense of the reliability of scientific knowledge ⓘ
reconciliation of science and Christian theology ⓘ
opposesView radical skepticism about knowledge ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Christian philosophy ⓘ
Scholasticism ⓘ
publicationCentury 17th century ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor La Vérité des sciences contre les sceptiques ou pyrrhoniens ⓘ
Quaestiones celeberrimae in Genesim ⓘ
religiousPerspective Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
supportsView scientific knowledge is reliable ⓘ
true science is compatible with Christian faith ⓘ

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Marin Mersenne → notableWork → La Vérité des sciences ⓘ
La Vérité des sciences → relatedWorkByAuthor → La Vérité des sciences contre les sceptiques ou pyrrhoniens ⓘ
linked to: La Vérité des sciences