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Open Philosophy LibraryAn Essay Concerning Human Understanding
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding investigates the origin, structure and limits of human knowledge. Across four Books, Locke rejects innate ideas, traces thought to sensation and reflection, analyses…
View BookOpen Philosophy LibraryMeditations On First Philosophy
Meditations On First Philosophy
René Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy leads the reader through six stages of radical doubt and rational reconstruction. It develops the certainty of the thinking self, arguments for God's existence,…
View BookOpen Philosophy LibraryDiscourse On The Method
Discourse On The Method
René Descartes' Discourse on the Method combines intellectual autobiography with a programme for reliable inquiry. Across six Parts, Descartes criticises inherited learning, states four methodological rules, adopts a provisional morality,…
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