Victorian Empiricism

by Peter Garratt

Empiricism, one of Raymond William's keywords, circulates in much contemporary thought and criticism solely as a term of censure, a synonym for spurious objectivity or positivism. Yet rarely, if ever, has it had this philosophical implication. Dr Johnson, it should be recalled, kicked the stone precisely to expose empiricism's baroque falsifications of common sense. In an effort to restore historical depth to the term, this book examines epistemology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611474906
• ISBN13: 9781611474909
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.3" x 6.0"