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Empiricism to Scepticism is an in-depth study of the journey of British Empiricism, commencing with the idealistic as well as materialistic empiricism of Locke, and culminating with the skepticism of Hume. The thrust of the book lies in unravelling the root of this transition—from empiricism to scepticism—by tracing the thoughts of Locke and Hume to those of their predecessors and contemporaries. It has been shown that the immense influences of Aristotle, ...
Through a meticulous analysis of the positions of matter and self in the philosophies of Samkhya and Locke, this book brings to light some striking similarities of thoughts between these philosophies, which are widely apart from each other in respect of time and territory. It reveals that in both these philosophies, matter and self are not only two independent realities, but also indispensable for all the changes of the material world as well as for the ...