Philosophie sensualiste aux XVIII. siecle - Cousin, Victor 1792-1867 (Paris Didier, 1866)
Sensualism or sensationism is a philosophical movement and, as a derivative of the more general theory of empiricism, one of the main theories of knowledge in the 18th century. In epistemology, sensualism is a doctrine whereby sensations and perception are the basic and most important form of true cognition. It may oppose abstract ideas. This ideogenetic question was put forward in Greek philosophy (Stoicism, Epicureanism) and further developed to the full by the British Sensualists (John Locke, David Hume) and the British Associationists (Thomas Brown, David Hartley, Joseph Priestley). In the 19th century it was very much taken up by the Positivists (Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Hippolyte Taine, and Émile Littré).
Originally published in 1856
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Keywords: Locke, John -- 1632-1704; Hume, David -- 1711-1776; 18th Century (1701-1800); Philosophy