02470cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000060010610000380011224500420015026400510019230000470024333600260029033700260031633800360034250000310037850802450040952013210065453400450197565300240202070000520204485600430209699900170213948149UtSlPG20260610134116.0mcr n260607r2015||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aB1 aBalmes, Jaime Luciano,d1810-184810aFundamental Philosophy, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2015  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2015-02-03  aE-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)  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aPhilosophy, Spanish1 aBrownson, Henry F.q(Henry Francis),d1835-191340uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48149  c88988d88988