Project Gutenberg 2015-02-03 Public domain in the USA. 229 Balmes, Jaime Luciano 1810 1848 Urpia, Jaime Luciano Balmes Brownson, Henry F. (Henry Francis) 1835 1913 Brownson, Henry Francis Fundamental Philosophy, Vol. 1 (of 2) E-text prepared by Josep Cols Canals, Les Galloway, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "Fundamental Philosophy, Vol. 1 (of 2)" by Jaime Luciano Balmes is a philosophical treatise written in the mid-19th century. The work delves into foundational questions of certainty, sensation, and the nature of knowledge, engaging with various philosophical schools and figures. Balmes aims to establish a critical framework for understanding human cognition and its limits, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the existence of certainty as a prerequisite for scientific inquiry and philosophical discourse. At the start of the text, Balmes focuses on the significance of certainty as the foundation of philosophy, arguing that acknowledging our inherent capacity for certainty is essential before delving deeper into philosophical questions. He critiques historical skepticism, refuting the notion that humans can live without certainty. By examining the interplay of sensation and perception, Balmes articulates the distinction between real and ideal truths, contending that while sensations inform our experience, they do not provide a comprehensive basis for philosophical knowledge. This opening lays the groundwork for his deeper explorations of transcendental science and the relationship between consciousness and objective reality throughout the volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 51.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Philosophy, Spanish B Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics 1116036 2025-09-19T10:26:36.538027 text/html 1104732 2024-10-24T14:20:52 text/html 543109 2025-09-19T10:26:48.780934 application/epub+zip 539977 2025-09-19T10:26:38.124998 application/epub+zip 537789 2025-09-19T10:26:37.337043 application/epub+zip 768307 2025-09-19T10:26:57.030436 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 644487 2025-09-19T10:26:47.823975 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 642704 2022-09-21T19:49:53.892391 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1022697 2025-09-19T10:26:34.909046 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1002646 2024-10-24T14:20:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16852 2025-09-19T10:26:57.181446 application/rdf+xml 11069 2025-09-19T10:26:37.447999 image/jpeg 2361 2025-09-19T10:26:37.393997 image/jpeg 403583 2025-09-19T10:26:36.619996 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia es.wikipedia