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Empiricism - ĕmpĭrˈĭsĭzəm [Gr.,=experience], philosophical doctrine that all knowledge is derived from experience. For most empiricists, experience includes inner experience—reflection upon the mind and its operations—as well as sense perception. This position is opposed to rationalism in that it denies the existence of


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    The Empiricists » Read Now

    by R. S. Woolhouse. 184 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    "One of the great historic controversies in philosophy," according to Bertrand Russell, is that between empiricists--"best represented by the British philosophers, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume"--and rationalists. This book sets the empiricists in their contemporary and cultural context, examines their...
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    British Empiricism and American Pragmatism: New Directions and Neglected Arguments » Read Now

    by Robert J. Roth. 205 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    "Clearly written, thoroughly researched, intelligently organized . . ." -International Philosophical Quarterly
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    Foundations of Empiricism (1962) » Read Now

    by James K. Feibleman. 392 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
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    Metaphysics and British Empiricism » Read Now

    by Robert L. Armstrong. 169 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
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    Ideology (Chap. 2 "Empiricism") » Read Now

    by David Hawkes. 212 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    This new revised edition includes an updated bibliography, a new glossary and index and fresh suggestions for further reading, as well as a discussion of ideology after September 11. Ideology :*traces the history of the term and the debates which surround it, from Machiavelli to the present day*asks...
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    Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues » Read Now

    by George Berkeley, Howard Robinson. 246 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    Berkeley's idealism started a revolution in philosophy. As one of the great empiricist thinkers he not only influenced British philosophers from Hume to Russell and the logical positivists in the twentieth-century, he also set the scene for the continental idealism of Hegel and even the philosophy...
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    Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction (Chap. 13 "Empiricism") » Read Now

    by Jonathan Barnes. 164 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and...
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    Wittgenstein, Empiricism and Language » Read Now

    by John W. Cook. 226 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    This provocative study exposes the ways in which Wittgenstein's philosophical views have been misunderstood, including the failure to recognize the reductionist character of Wittgenstein's work. Author John Cook provides well-documented proof that Wittgenstein did not hold views commonly attributed...
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