Empiricists: Critical Essays on Locke, Berkeley, and Hume - Paperback

by M. R. Ayers (Contribution by), Phillip D. Cummins (Contribution by), Robert Fogelin (Contribution by)

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.

Author Biography

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.