Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

I. HISTORY'S EMPIRICISMS

1. Empiricisms of Antiquity 11

2. Experimental Empiricisms 103

3. Epistemological Empiricisms 199

Conclusion to Part I 281

II. RADICAL EMPIRICISMS

4. The Beginning of Radical Empiricism: William James 289

5. An Empiricism Worthy of the Name: Henri Bergson 306

6. The Art of Experience: John Dewey 328

7. The Dogmas of Empiricism and the Linguistic Turn 339

8. Transcendental Empiricism: Gilles Deleuze 355

III. EMPIRICISMS COMPARED

9. Empiricism with Chinese Characteristics 381

Conclusion 431

Notes 441

Glossary of Chinese Expressions 511

Index 515