The empiricists

by Woolhouse, R. S.

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Title Statements

Full title :The empiricists / R.S. Woolhouse.

Summary

"'One of the great historic controversies in philosophy' was how Bertrand Russell described the ideological conflict between rationalists and empiricists -- the conflict between reason and experience as sources of knowledge and ideas. Yet in this study of the empiricists R.S. Woolhouse is not so much concerned to justify these conventional labels as to set forth the dominant philosophical ideas and let those ideas speak for themselves. Setting the empiricist philosophers in their contemporary cultural context the author examines their various approaches to philosophy. He concentrates primarily on the major figures ... but also discusses the unjustly neglected French philosopher Pierre Gassendi and devotes a chapter to the Royal Society of London for the Improving of Natural Knowledge, which was founded in the 1660s. While focusing on their contribution to the 'new philosophy' of the seventeenth century, which was primarily concerned with the nature of knowledge and science, he also highlights the moral and political aspects of their work and emphasizes the significance of their ideas to twentieth-century thinking"--Back cover.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1988

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford [England]
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1988

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"An OPUS book."

The Physical Object

Description:183 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0192192078, 9780192192073, 019289188X, 9780192891884
oclc:ocm15489146
LC Classification:B816
Dewey Decimal:146/.44

Subjects

British philosophy, to 1750 - Critical … Empiricism Empiricism -- History Empirisme Empirisme -- 17e siècle Empirisme -- 18e siècle Empirisme -- Histoire Empirismus Geschichte 1600-1800 History Philosophie Philosophie -- 17e siècle Philosophie -- 17e siècle. -- Grande-Br… Philosophie -- 18e siècle Philosophie -- 18e siècle. -- Grande-Br… Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Modern -- 17th century Philosophy, Modern -- 18th century