The Empiricists: Locke: Concerning Human Understanding; Berkeley: Principles of Human Knowledge & 3 Dialogues; Hume:
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The rise and fall of British Empiricism is philosophy''s most dramatic example of pushing premises to their logical--and fatal--conclusions. Born in 1690 with the appearance of Locke''s Essay, Empiricism flourished as the reigning school until 1739 w... Read more
The rise and fall of British Empiricism is philosophy''s most dramatic example of pushing premises to their logical--and fatal--conclusions. Born in 1690 with the appearance of Locke''s Essay, Empiricism flourished as the reigning school until 1739 when Hume''s Treatise strangled it with its own cinctures after a period of Berkeley''s optimistic idealism. The Empiricists collects the key writings on this important philosophy, perfect for those interested in learning about this movement with just one book. Less
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  • 7.99 X 5.26 X 1.11 in
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  • Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • December 21, 1960
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  • 9780385096225
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John Locke was an English philosopher. Locke is considered the first of the British Empiricists, but is equally important to social contract theory. His ideas had enormous influence on the development...
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