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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 22,983 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 — 17,452 ratings — published 1690
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A Treatise of Human Nature A Treatise of Human Nature (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 12,859 ratings — published 1739
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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.98 — 6,386 ratings — published 1751
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.96 — 6,204 ratings — published 1779
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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 3.83 — 1,250 ratings — published 1710
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Leviathan Leviathan (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.70 — 54,849 ratings — published 1651
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The New Organon The New Organon (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.69 — 1,815 ratings — published 1620
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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 4.26 — 348 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 3.73 — 2,503 ratings — published 1713
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A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,506 ratings — published 1710
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Essays: Moral, Political and Literary Essays: Moral, Political and Literary (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 418 ratings — published 1758
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The Essays The Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 4,629 ratings — published 1597
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Two Treatises of Government Two Treatises of Government (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 19,861 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)
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avg rating 4.09 — 694 ratings — published 1751
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 124,723 ratings — published 2007
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Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 984 ratings — published 1929
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Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery (Cambridge Philosophy Classics) Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery (Cambridge Philosophy Classics)
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avg rating 4.29 — 900 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)
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avg rating 4.08 — 307 ratings — published 1953
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A Letter Concerning Toleration A Letter Concerning Toleration (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,739 ratings — published 1689
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The Major Works The Major Works (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 156 ratings — published 2002
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An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.54 — 80 ratings — published 1709
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The Works of Thomas Reid, Volume 1 The Works of Thomas Reid, Volume 1 (Paperback)
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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)
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avg rating 4.16 — 6,079 ratings — published 2010
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Speculative Empiricism: Revisiting Whitehead (Speculative Realism) Speculative Empiricism: Revisiting Whitehead (Speculative Realism)
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avg rating 3.93 — 14 ratings — published 2006
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Metaphors We Live By Metaphors We Live By (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 7,171 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 4.08 — 184 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)
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avg rating 3.94 — 65 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)
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avg rating 3.84 — 325 ratings — published 1988
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Between Saying and Doing: Towards an Analytic Pragmatism Between Saying and Doing: Towards an Analytic Pragmatism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 51 ratings — published
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Ontogeny and Phylogeny Ontogeny and Phylogeny (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 275 ratings — published 1977
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Wholeness and the Implicate Order Wholeness and the Implicate Order (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 1,490 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 4.25 — 352 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 — 5,539 ratings — published 1934
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Two Dogmas of Empiricism Two Dogmas of Empiricism (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 4.05 — 188 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)
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avg rating 3.58 — 12 ratings — published 1905
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Matter and Memory Matter and Memory (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 2,779 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)
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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 — 1,107 ratings — published 1757
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 30,999 ratings — published 1962
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On Suicide On Suicide (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.54 — 1,120 ratings — published 1775
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Selected Essays Selected Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 451 ratings — published 1776
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Second Treatise of Government (Hackett Classics) Second Treatise of Government (Hackett Classics)
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avg rating 3.78 — 24,705 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)
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avg rating 4.28 — 82,929 ratings — published 1995
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Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as empiricism)
avg rating 3.90 — 4,021 ratings — published 1907
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Early German Positivism Early German Positivism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published
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Critique of Pure Reason Critique of Pure Reason (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 44,168 ratings — published 1781
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A Treatise on Human Nature, Volume 1 A Treatise on Human Nature, Volume 1 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,038 ratings — published 1739
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Immanuel Kant
“It is clearly the result, not of carelessness but of matured judgement of our age, which will no longer rest satisfied with the mere appearance of knowledge. It is, at the same time, a powerful appeal to reason to undertake anew the most difficult of its tasks, namely that of self-knowledge, and to institute a court of appeal which should protect reason in its rightful claims, but dismiss all groundless pretensions, and to do this not by the means of despotic decrees but according to the eternal and unalterable laws of reason. This court of appeal is no other than the critique of pure reason itself.”
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

Ludwig von Mises
“Praxeology is a theoretical and systematic, not a historical, science. Its scope is human action as such, irrespective of all environmental, accidental, and individual circumstances of the concrete acts. Its cognition is purely formal and general without reference to the material content and the particular features of the actual case. It aims at knowledge valid for all instances in which the conditions exactly correspond to those implied in its assumptions and inferences. Its statements and propositions are not derived from experience. They are, like those of logic and mathematics, a priori. They are not subject to verification or falsification on the ground of experience and facts.”
Ludwig von Mises, Human Action: A Treatise on Economics

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