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Author:   Dr Laurence Carlin
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781847061997

ISBN 10:   1847061990
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   09 April 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

1. Introduction i. Empiricism and the Empiricists ii. Intellectual Background to Early Modern Empiricism 2. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) i. The Natural Realm: The Idols of the Mind ii. Knowledge and Experience: Induction Introduced iii. Conclusion: Bacon the Empiricist 3. Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) i. The Natural Realm: Hobbes's Materialistic Mechanism ii. Knowledge and Experience: Definitions and the Euclidean Method iii. Conclusion: Hobbes the Empiricist 4. Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655) i. The Natural Realm: Gassendi's Atomism ii. Knowledge and Experience: The 'Middle Way' to Knowledge iii. Conclusion: Gassendi the Empiricist 5. Robert Boyle (1627-1691) i. The Natural Realm: Boyle's Mechanism ('Corpuscularianism') ii. Knowledge and Experience: Mechanism and the Cautious Experimenter iii. Conclusion: Boyle the Empiricist 6. John Locke (1632-1704) i. The Natural Realm: Locke's Mechanism ii. Knowledge and Experience: Locke's Epistemology iii. Conclusion: Locke the Empiricist 7. Isaac Newton (1642-1727) i. The Natural Realm: The Principia ii. Knowledge and Experience: Rules for the Study of Natural Philosophy iii. Conclusion: Newton the Empiricist 8. George Berkeley (1685-1753) i. The Natural Realm: Berkeley's Idealism ii. Knowledge and Method: Berkeley's Common Sense Epistemology iii. Conclusion: Berkeley the Empiricist 9. David Hume (1711-1776) i. The Natural Realm: Hume's Psychological Approach ii. Knowledge and Method: Hume's Semi-Scepticism iii.Conclusion: Hume the Empiricist 10. Empiricism and the Empiricists: Sumnmary and Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Laurence Carlin is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA.

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