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Informationen zum Autor Laurence Carlin is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA. Vorwort A concise and accessible introduction to the key empiricists of the 17th and 18th centuries, ideal for undergraduate students. Zusammenfassung An introduction to the key empiricists of the 17th and 18th centuries. It focuses on the canonical figures of the empiricist movement, Locke, Berkeley and Hume, and also explores the contributions made by other key figures such as Bacon, Hobbes, Boyle and Newton. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction i. Empiricism and the Empiricists ii. Intellectual Background to Early Modern Empiricism2. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) i. The Natural Realm: The Idols of the Mind ii. Knowledge and Experience: Induction Introduced iii. Conclusion: Bacon the Empiricist3. 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 Empiricist4. Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655) i. The Natural Realm: Gassendi's Atomism ii. Knowledge and Experience: The 'Middle Way' to Knowledge iii. Conclusion: Gassendi the Empiricist5. 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 Empiricist6. John Locke (1632-1704) i. The Natural Realm: Locke's Mechanism ii. Knowledge and Experience: Locke's Epistemology iii. Conclusion: Locke the Empiricist7. 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 Empiricist8. George Berkeley (1685-1753) i. The Natural Realm: Berkeley's Idealism ii. Knowledge and Method: Berkeley's Common Sense Epistemology iii. Conclusion: Berkeley the Empiricist9. David Hume (1711-1776) i. The Natural Realm: Hume's Psychological Approach ii. Knowledge and Method: Hume's Semi-Scepticism iii.Conclusion: Hume the Empiricist10. Empiricism and the Empiricists: Sumnmary and ConclusionBibliographyIndex...
