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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.

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"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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"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 various approaches to philosophy, and highlights the significance of their ideas to 20th-century thinking. By focusing on what the "empiricists" actually have to say, rather than on their classification as such, Woolhouse incidentally shows how unreliable these conventional labels can be.
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British Empirical Philosophers: Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Reid, and J. S. Mill » Read Now
by A. J. Ayer, Raymond Winch. 560 pgs.

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British Empiricism and American Pragmatism: New Directions and Neglected Arguments » Read Now
by Robert J. Roth. 205 pgs.

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"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.

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Studies in Empirical Philosophy (1962) » Read Now
by John B. Anderson. 387 pgs.

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Metaphysics and British Empiricism » Read Now
by Robert L. Armstrong. 169 pgs.

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Ideology (Chap. 2 "Empiricism") » Read Now
by David Hawkes. 212 pgs.

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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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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 why ideology matters*examines ideology within the critical frameworks of empiricism, idealism, Marxism, post-Marxism and postmodernism.With plenty of clear examples to illuminate the discussion, Ideology offers an accessible introduction to this controversial and widely debated critical concept.
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Religion and Empiricism (1967) » Read Now
by John E. Smith. 76 pgs.

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Essays in Radical Empiricism (1912) » Read Now
by William James. 286 pgs.

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Religion and Radical Empiricism » Read Now
by Nancy Frankenberry. 226 pgs.

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Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues » Read Now
by George Berkeley, Howard Robinson. 246 pgs.

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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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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 of Marx. This edition of Berkeley's two key works has an introduction which examines and in part defends his arguments for idealism, as well as offering a detailed analytical contents list, extensive philosophical notes, and an index.
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Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction (Chap. 13 "Empiricism") » Read Now
by Jonathan Barnes. 164 pgs.

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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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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 his ideas about art and poetry, placing his teachings in their historical context.
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Wittgenstein, Empiricism and Language » Read Now
by John W. Cook. 226 pgs.

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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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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 to him, arguing that Wittgenstein's later work was mistakenly seen as a development of G. E. Moore's philosophy--which Wittgenstein in fact vigorously attacked. He also points to an underestimation of Russell's influence on Wittgenstein's thinking. Cook goes on to show how these misunderstandings have had grave consequences for philosophy at large, and proposes that a more subtle appreciation of linguistic philosophy can yield valuable results.
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Enlightened Empiricism: An Examination of W. V. Quine's Theory of Knowledge » Read Now
by Roger F. Gibson. 196 pgs.

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Kant's Empiricism, in The Review of Metaphysics » Read Now
by Lorne Falkenstein. 43 pgs.

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