The Empiricists: Critical Essays on Locke, Berkeley, and Hume

by M R. Ayers (Contribution by), Phillip D. Cummins (Contribution by), Robert Fogelin (Contribution by), Don Garrett (Contribution by), Edwin McCann (Contribution by)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780847689132
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/23/1998
Series:	Critical Essays on the Classics Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)

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.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 1 "Ideas" and "Objects": Locke on Perceiving "Things"
Chapter 4 2 The Foundations of Knowledge and the Logic of Substance: The Structure of Locke's General Philosophy
Chapter 5 3 Locke, Law, and the Law of Nature
Chapter 6 4 Locke on Identity: Matter, Life, and Consciousness
Chapter 7 5 Berkeley's Ideas of Sense
Chapter 8 6 Did Berkeley Completely Misunderstand the Basis of the Primary-Secondary Quality Distinction in Locke?
Chapter 9 7 Berkeleian Idealism and Impossible Performances
Chapter 10 8 Berkeley's Notion of Spirit
Chapter 11 9 The Representation of Causation and Hume's Two Definitions of Cause
Chapter 12 10 Hume's Inductive Scepticism
Chapter 13 11 The Soul and the Self
Chapter 14 12 Hume's Scepticism: Natural Instincts and Philosophical Reflection
Part 15 Selected Bibliography
Part 16 Authors

Editorial Reviews

Reprints essays on such topics as: Locke on perceiving "things"; the structure of Locke's general philosophy; Locke, law, and the law of nature; Berkeley's ideas of sense; whether Berkeley completely misunderstood the basis of the primary-secondary quality distinction in Locke; Berkelian idealism and impossible performances; Berkeley's notion of spirit; the representation of causation and Hume's two definitions of ; and Hume's inductive skepticism. The editor's introduction provides an account of the important ideas of these three thinkers, with an emphasis on continuing controversies regarding interpretation. Lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews