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100			_aMeyers, Robert G.
245			_aUnderstanding empiricism
260			_bRoutledge, _c2019 _aLondon :
300			_aviii, 183 p. ; _bill., _c22 cm
365			_b995.00 _cINR _d01
490			_aUnderstanding movements in modern thought
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aUnderstanding Empiricism is an introduction to empiricism and the empiricist tradition in philosophy. The book examines the most important philosophical issues bearing on the subject, while maintaining enough distance from the intricacies of Locke, Berkeley, Hume scholarship to allow readers to gain a clear overview of empiricism without being lost in the details of exegetical disputes concerning particular philosophers. Robert Meyers begins by distinguishing between the epistemological and psychological versions of empiricism, showing how the former is of primary interest to philosophers. Meyers then provides a lucid introduction to the main protagonists in the British empiricist tradition from this perspective before focusing on some central issues such as foundationalism, the notion of the a priori, the challenge of skepticism, and the status of religious belief within empiricism. The ideas of recent philosophers, including Sellars, Goodman and Quine, are considered alongside the earlier criticisms of Leibniz, Mill and Peirce. The discussions are kept at an introductory level throughout in order to help readers locate the principles of empiricism in relation to modern philosophy. Understanding Empiricism introduces current problems in the theory of knowledge as well as offering a concise survey of the history of empiricist ideas. It will be welcome reading for courses on epistemology as well as on the history of philosophy.
650			_aUnderstanding Empiricism
650			_aImportant philosophical
650			_aAbstract ideas
650			_aBerkeley,G
650			_aCoherence theory
650			_aDescartes,R.
650			_aExternalism
650			_aHume,D.
650			_aLocke's theory
650			_aInmatism
650			_aInduction problem
650			_aReliabilism
650			_aSkepticism
650			_aThermometer theory
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