Our knowledge of the world comes from various sources. But it is sometimes said that testimony, unlike other sources, transmits knowledge from one person to another. In this book, Stephen Wright investigates what the transmission of knowledge involves and the role that it should…
What is transmission? -- Availability -- Acquisition -- Internalist approaches -- Reliabilist approaches -- A transmission theory of testimony -- Objections to transmission
This thesis explores the hypothesis that, in view of some similarities in theology and practice, early Quakers, or proto-Quakers had knowledge of, or direct contact with continental Anabaptists prior to their first documented visit to the Netherlands in 1655. The five main findi…
Shows how to get the best from various types of microscopes, and suggests projects which reveal the detail of everyday objects.
Tells you all the things you can learn by using a microscope.