The Empiricists: Locke: Concerning Human Understanding; Berkeley: Principles of Human Knowledge & 3 Dialogues; Hume: Concerning Human Understanding & Concerning Natural Religio

The Empiricists: Locke: Concerning Human Understanding; Berkeley: Principles of Human Knowledge & 3 Dialogues; Hume: Concerning Human Understanding & Concerning Natural Religio

The rise and fall of British Empiricism is philosophy's most dramatic example of pushing premises to their logical--and fatal--conclusions. Born in 1690 with the appearance of Locke's <i>Essay</i>, Empiricism flourished as the reigning school until 1739 when Hume's <i>Treatise</i> strangled it with its own cinctures after a period of Berkeley's optimistic idealism. <i>The Empiricists </i>collects the key writings on this important philosophy, perfect for those interested in learning about this movement with just one book.