The Aristotelian Tradition and the Rise of British Empiricism Logic and Epistemology in the British Isles (1570–1689)
This book is a radical reappraisal of the importance of Aristotelianism in Britain. Using a full range of manuscripts as well as printed sources, it provides an entirely new interpretation of the impact of the early-modern Aristotelian tradition upon the rise of British Empiricism, and reexamines th...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2013, 2013
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2013 |
Series: | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | This book is a radical reappraisal of the importance of Aristotelianism in Britain. Using a full range of manuscripts as well as printed sources, it provides an entirely new interpretation of the impact of the early-modern Aristotelian tradition upon the rise of British Empiricism, and reexamines the fundamental shift from a humanist logic to epistemology and facultative logic. The task is to reconstruct the philosophical background and framework in which the thought of philosophers such Locke, Berkeley and Hume originated: some aspects of their empiricism can be explained only in reference to the academic Aristotelian tradition, even if these authors established themselves as anti-scholastic, anti-Aristotelian philosophers outside the official institutions |
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Physical Description: | XII, 260 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9789400749511 |