CHARACTERISTICS (jan 1, 1500 – jan 1, 1800)
Description:
-Independence from reason-Displacement of the theological question in favor of a greater centrality of the problems of nature and man.
-Emphasis on the human subject as the starting point of knowledge
-Primacy of Gnoseology over Ontology
-The concept of truth also varies. Truth is no longer understood in the classical sense of "matching the thing with the intellect".
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Date:
jan 1, 1500
jan 1, 1800
~ 300 years