The Empiricists: Critical Essays on Locke, Berkeley, and Hume (Critical Essays on the Classics Series) [Paperback]

Margaret Atherton (Editor), M R. Ayers (Contributor), Phillip D. Cummins (Contributor), Robert Fogelin (Contributor), Don Garrett (Contributor), Edwin McCann (Contributor), Charles J. McCracken (Contributor), George Pappas (Contributor), G.A.J Rogers (Contributor), Barry Stroud (Contributor), Ian Tipton (Contributor), Margaret D. Wilson (Contributor), Kenneth Winkler (Contributor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0847689131 | ISBN-13: 978-0847689132 | Publication Date: December 23, 1998

This collection of essays on themes in the work of John Locke, George Berkeley and David Hume is intended to provide a deepened understanding of major issues raised in the Empiricist tradition. It introduces students to important metaphysical and epistemological issues including the theory of ideas, personal identity and skepticism, through the best of contemporary scholarship.

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About the Author

Margaret Atherton is professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. She is the author of Berkeley's Revolution and Vision and the editor of Women Philosophers of Early Modern Europe.

Product Details

• Paperback: 278 pages
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (December 23, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847689131
• ISBN-13: 978-0847689132
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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