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Single Idea 7454

[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / b. Seventeenth century philosophy ]

Full Idea

Gassendi is the first in the great line of empiricist philosophers that gradually came to dominate European thought.

Gist of Idea

Gassendi is the first great empiricist philosopher

Source

Ian Hacking (The Emergence of Probability [1975], Ch.5)

Book Ref

Hacking,Ian: 'The Emergence of Probability' [CUP 1975], p.46

A Reaction

Epicurus, of course, was clearly an empiricist. British readers should note that Gassendi was not British.

The 6 ideas with the same theme [overview of philosophy from 1601 to 1700]:

7396 Hobbes created English-language philosophy [Hobbes, by Tuck]
19359 Leibniz aims to give coherent rational support for empiricism [Leibniz, by Perkins]
7454 Gassendi is the first great empiricist philosopher [Hacking]
2945 Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer]
16610 Philosophy could easily have died in 17th century, if it weren't for Descartes [Pasnau]
16781 The 17th century is a metaphysical train wreck [Pasnau]