...evidence of truth, he says that a person who loves truth must always exhibit the quality of not holding 'any Proposition with greater assurance than the Proofs it is built upon will warrant'.10 On Locke's view some religious truths are knowable by reason, which he defines as the ability...

...whether he be so, in earnest, is worth enquiry; and I think, there is this one unerring mark of it, vi/. the not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built on will warrant. Whoever goes beyond this measure of assent, it is plain, receives not truth in the...

...reconstruction of early Israelite history. If the biblical theologian is guided by the critical ideal of "not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built on will warrant,"28 then the controversial evidence for early Israelite history can hardly inspire...

...strength of the evidence for that belief. Thus, according to John Locke a mark of the rational person is "the not entertaining any proposition with greater...assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant." 17 According to David Hume "A wise man... proportions his belief to the evidence."1* ln the nineteenth...

...nature of his sources, and comparing different stories; he models Locke's negative ideal of inquiry: "not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance...than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.'"" The role of examiner, which demands close contact with the infected, however, conflicts with the saddler's...

...which is proclaimed as the truth. In his Essay he gives the one unerring mark of love for truth as "not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant." Campbell put this noble idea into his own words by saying that one's faith in something should be no...

...as selfish as pleasure can be. Locke thinks that the test of whether a man really loves truth is his "not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance, than the proofs it is built upon will warrant."20 This implies that the scientist must not only be critical but also be prepared to be proved...

...'probabilities' rise to the level of complete assurance, and on the other hand, Locke's warning against ever 'entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built on will warrant'.10 With apparent reluctance, Newman concludes that Locke's logical inconsistency here...

...persuasions in their approach to inference.) (iii) One unerring mark of love of truth, Locke says, is 'not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant' (see Russell (1961) p. 587). (If by 'proofs' we mean the derivation leading to the computation of such...

...where Locke is describing the qualities necessary in a person who is genuinely searching for truth: I think, there is this one unerring mark of it, viz....with greater assurance than the proofs it is built on will warrant. Whoever goes beyond this measure of assent, it is plain, receives not truth in the...