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A companion volume to "On Understanding Understanding", this second edition
incorporates corrections to the previous text and includes new readings. The
works collected in this volume are mainly from the British Empiricists. The
breadth of the selection is not so diverse that the pieces cannot be readily
understood by a newcomer to Epistemology, they have a logical progression of
development (from Locke to Berkeley to Hume), and all of the philosophers whose
work is represented have had considerable influence on contemporary
Anglo-American philosophy. In the introduction, Potter sets the selections in their historical context
and urges the reader to form their own viewpoint in terms of the period's
contribution to the advancement of culture, politics, and society. He gives a
concise summary of the Enlightenment period, demonstrating how and why
Rationalism and Empiricism came about, and challenges the reader not to simply
note the points of disparity between the two schools, but to notice the
similarities of their common assumptions - both substantive and
methodological. "Readings in Epistemlogy" aims to be a useful classroom tool. A
biographical note on the philosopher, and list of suggested books for further
study, heads each of the readings. Study questions, designed to stimulate
discussion, are at the end of each piece. The works in this collection are mainly from the British Empiricists. Each
is set in its historical context, and together the pieces follow a logical
progression of development, from Locke to Berkeley to Hume. Study questions,
designed to stimulate discussion, appear at the end of each item.
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Liknande böckerEmpiricists, including: Aristotle, David Hume, Francis Bacon, George Berkeley, Gilles Deleuze, John Locke, Roger Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, Willard Van ... Pierre Gassendi, Wilhelm DiltheyPaperback 1996
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