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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 22,368 ratings — published 1748
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 17,188 ratings — published 1690
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A Treatise of Human Nature A Treatise of Human Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.95 — 12,677 ratings — published 1739
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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.98 — 6,301 ratings — published 1751
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Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,225 ratings — published 1710
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The Essays The Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.81 — 4,554 ratings — published 1597
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Leviathan Leviathan (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 52,855 ratings — published 1651
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.97 — 6,058 ratings — published 1779
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The New Organon The New Organon (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.68 — 1,777 ratings — published 1620
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A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.72 — 3,420 ratings — published 1710
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Two Treatises of Government Two Treatises of Government (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.87 — 19,619 ratings — published 1689
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Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.27 — 344 ratings — published 1956
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Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (Hackett Classics) Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (Hackett Classics)
by (shelved 4 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,466 ratings — published 1713
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Essays: Moral, Political and Literary Essays: Moral, Political and Literary (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.07 — 400 ratings — published 1758
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Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.20 — 940 ratings — published 1929
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Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 883 ratings — published 1976
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Empiricism and Subjectivity: An Essay on Hume's Theory of Human Nature Empiricism and Subjectivity: An Essay on Hume's Theory of Human Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.09 — 287 ratings — published 1953
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 29,866 ratings — published 1962
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On Suicide On Suicide (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.56 — 1,068 ratings — published 1775
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A Letter Concerning Toleration A Letter Concerning Toleration (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,651 ratings — published 1689
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Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.09 — 691 ratings — published 1751
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The Heart and the Mind The Heart and the Mind (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published 1960
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Three Women in Black Three Women in Black (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.60 — 25 ratings — published 1941
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The Natural History of Religion The Natural History of Religion (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.55 — 626 ratings — published 1757
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,595 ratings — published 2007
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The Major Works The Major Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.75 — 153 ratings — published 2002
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Frege: Philosophy of Language Frege: Philosophy of Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.18 — 92 ratings — published 1973
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An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.55 — 78 ratings — published 1709
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The Works of Thomas Reid, Volume 1 The Works of Thomas Reid, Volume 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.71 — 7 ratings — published 1872
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The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.16 — 5,847 ratings — published 2010
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Speculative Empiricism: Revisiting Whitehead (Speculative Realism) Speculative Empiricism: Revisiting Whitehead (Speculative Realism)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.08 — 12 ratings — published 2006
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Metaphors We Live By Metaphors We Live By (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,914 ratings — published 1980
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Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 175 ratings — published 2007
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Plato's Camera: How the Physical Brain Captures a Landscape of Abstract Universals Plato's Camera: How the Physical Brain Captures a Landscape of Abstract Universals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.00 — 62 ratings — published 2012
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The Measure of Reality: Quantification in Western Europe, 1250-1600 The Measure of Reality: Quantification in Western Europe, 1250-1600 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.85 — 312 ratings — published 1988
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Between Saying and Doing: Towards an Analytic Pragmatism Between Saying and Doing: Towards an Analytic Pragmatism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.18 — 49 ratings — published 2008
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Ontogeny and Phylogeny Ontogeny and Phylogeny (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.16 — 273 ratings — published 1977
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Wholeness and the Implicate Order Wholeness and the Implicate Order (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,448 ratings — published 1980
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Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 42) Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 42)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.28 — 335 ratings — published 1973
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The Logic of Scientific Discovery The Logic of Scientific Discovery (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.03 — 5,443 ratings — published 1934
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Two Dogmas of Empiricism Two Dogmas of Empiricism (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 4.04 — 172 ratings — published
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Knowledge and Error: Sketches on the Psychology of Enquiry (Vienna Circle Collection, 3) Knowledge and Error: Sketches on the Psychology of Enquiry (Vienna Circle Collection, 3)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.64 — 11 ratings — published 1905
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Matter and Memory Matter and Memory (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,723 ratings — published 1896
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In the Wake of Chaos: Unpredictable Order in Dynamical Systems (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) In the Wake of Chaos: Unpredictable Order in Dynamical Systems (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.55 — 31 ratings — published 1993
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion / The Natural History of Religion Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion / The Natural History of Religion (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,093 ratings — published 1757
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Selected Essays Selected Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.96 — 440 ratings — published 1776
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Second Treatise of Government (Hackett Classics) Second Treatise of Government (Hackett Classics)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.78 — 24,086 ratings — published 1689
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 4.29 — 80,186 ratings — published 1995
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“The human senses are known to be astoundingly unreliable instruments, easily deceived and fallible. Would you bet everything on shoddy detection equipment? That’s what the materialists have done. Above all, they sneer at the concept of the soul (and mind) because it is something that cannot be detected with the human senses. Would the cosmic mathematical mind reject the soul? The numbers zero and infinity rationally characterize it. Why would zero and infinity be forbidden? Just because the human senses aren’t configured to detect them? Why should the dubious human senses be the determinants of what is mathematically and logically permitted to exist? Human senses are the products of evolution and are designed to allow us to live in this world; they did not evolve as organs of truth to allow us to determine the fundamental nature of reality. […] Most people alive today are irrational. Animals are irrational. […] Even scientists have demonstrated that they will force reason and logic to obey the senses rather than force the senses to obey reason and logic. The question of the existence of the soul is one for reason, not for the human senses. Lack of evidence is not evidence of absence.”
Mike Hockney, The God Equation

Pliny the Elder
“It is madness that certain men have preoccupied their minds with measuring the world and have dared to publish their results.”
Pliny the Elder, Natural History: A Selection

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