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Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John LockeArgues that all ideas come from sensation and reflection, the founding text of British empiricism.
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
George BerkeleyHolds that to be is to be perceived, pushing empiricism toward immaterialism.
A Treatise of Human Nature
David HumeTraces ideas of causation, the self and belief to habit and impression; published in three books in 1739–40.
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
David HumeHume's shorter, clearer restatement of his empiricism and his problem of induction.
A System of Logic
John Stuart MillDefends induction and the empirical basis of logic and scientific method.
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The Logical Structure of the WorldRudolf Carnap - Language, Truth and Logic
Language, Truth and LogicA. J. Ayer - Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind
Empiricism and the Philosophy of MindWilfrid Sellars - Essays in Radical Empiricism
Essays in Radical EmpiricismWilliam James - Experience and Nature
Experience and NatureJohn Dewey - Empiricism and Subjectivity
Empiricism and SubjectivityGilles Deleuze - Furnishing the Mind
Furnishing the MindJesse J. Prinz - The Scientific Image
The Scientific ImageBas C. Van Fraassen - Lost in math
Lost in mathSabine Hossenfelder2018 - Art and imagination
Art and imaginationRoger Scruton1974 - The experience of nothingness
The experience of nothingnessMichael Novak1970 - How Expectancies Shape Experience
How Expectancies Shape ExperienceIrving Kirsch1999