Setting the empiricist philosophers in their contemporary cultural context, the author examines their various approaches to philosophy. He concentrates primarily on the major figures - Bacon, Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley and Hume - 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 emphasises the significance of their ideas to twentieth-century thinking.
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Setting the empiricist philosophers in their contemporary cultural context, the author examines their various approaches to philosophy. He concentrates primarily on the major figures - Bacon, Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley and Hume - 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 emphasises the significance of their ideas to twentieth-century thinking.
Imprint | Oxford UniversityPress |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | A History of Western Philosophy, 5 |
Release date | February 1988 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | February 1988 |
Authors | R. S. Woolhouse |
Dimensions | 197 x 129 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 192 |
Edition | Reissue |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-289188-4 |
Barcode | 9780192891884 |
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LSN | 0-19-289188-X |