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Introducing Empiricism

by Dave Robinson, Bill Mayblin, Richard Appignanesi
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Our knowledge comes primarily from experience. But is experience really what it seems? Is it reliable? Empiricist philosophers accept a commonsense view of fact and yet conclude that all we can ever know are ideas. Physical reality may not exist at all!

Synopsis

Our knowledge comes primarily from experience. But is experience really what it seems? Is it reliable? Empiricist philosophers accept a commonsense view of fact and yet conclude that all we can ever know are ideas. Physical reality may not exist at all!

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Book Details

Published
August 1, 2000
Publisher
Totem Books
Pages
176
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781840465457

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