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Tags: History of Ideas, Lang:en
Summary
Our knowledge comes primarily from experience – what
our senses tell us. But is experience really what it seems? The experimental breakthroughs in 17th-century science of
Kepler, Galileo and Newton informed the great British
empiricist tradition, which accepts a
‘common-sense’ view of the world – and yet
concludes that all we can ever know are
‘ideas’. Dave Robinson, with the aid of Bill Mayblin’s
brilliant illustrations, outlines the arguments of Locke,
Berkeley, Hume, J.S. Mill, Bertrand Russell and the last
British empiricist, A.J. Ayer. They also explore criticisms of
empiricism in the work of Kant, Wittgenstein, Karl Popper and
others, providing a unique overview of this compelling area of
philosophy. ** Dave Robinson: Dave Robinson has taught philosophy for
many years and is the author of numerous Introducing
series titles. He is now a part-time lecturer in Critical
Studies and lives in Devon.About the Author