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Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HP; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
David Hume is the most influential precursor of modern empiri cism. By modern empiricism, I intend a belief that all cognitive conflicts can be resolved, in principle, by either appeal to matters off act, via scientific procedure, or by appeal to some sets of natural or conventional standards, whether linguistic, mathematical, aes thetic or political. This belief itself is a consequent of an old appre hension that all synthetic knowledge is based on experience, and that the rest can be reduced to a set of self-evident truths. In this broad sense, Modern Empiricism encompasses classes, such as Logi cal Empiricism, ... Read more
David Hume is the most influential precursor of modern empiri cism. By modern empiricism, I intend a belief that all cognitive conflicts can be resolved, in principle, by either appeal to matters off act, via scientific procedure, or by appeal to some sets of natural or conventional standards, whether linguistic, mathematical, aes thetic or political. This belief itself is a consequent of an old appre hension that all synthetic knowledge is based on experience, and that the rest can be reduced to a set of self-evident truths. In this broad sense, Modern Empiricism encompasses classes, such as Logi cal Empiricism, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401502085
SKU
V9789401502085
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