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Article: British Empiricism and American Pragmatism: New Directions and Neglected Arguments.
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- The Review of Metaphysics
- Article date:
- March 1, 1996
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Roth, Robert. New York: Fordham University Press, 1993. x + 205 pp. Cloth, $30.00; paper, $19.95--This volume, with a bibliography and index, explores selected issues to show how John Locke and David Hume influenced the empiricism of Peirce, James, and Dewey. Roth looks for linkages and divergences which he thinks have been neglected.
Chapter 1 makes "experience" the key for seeing how the pragmatists turned empiricism in a new direction. Roth skillfully condenses the views of each author. Of special interest is the treatment of substance by Locke and Hume as shaped by their accounts of experience. Roth concentrates on distinctive contributions of Peirce, James, ...
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