- Condillac, Étienne Bonnot de Mably de by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... Parma, in Parma (1758–67).Condillac began his literary activity in the mid-1740’s. He became acquainted with Diderot’s circle, and later he contributed to the Encyclopedia. Under the direct influence of the English philosopher J. Locke, he developed a sensationalist theory of knowledge. In his chief philosophical work, A Treatise on Sensations. (1754; Russian ...
- Maine de Biran by Daniela Griffith
... interested in the theories of Condillac and the ideologues, he was unable to accept Condillac's view of knowledge as derived solely from sensation. Maine de Biran emphasized the importance of inner consciousness of the self, finding the basis of morality in the consciousness of volitional activity. He later inclined toward mysticism. His writings were collected as ...
- sensationalism by Vincent Lopez
... philosophers and is shown variously in the works of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, Julien de La Mettrie, Baron d' Holbach, Claude Helvétius, Étienne de Condillac, Ernst Mach, and others. See also empiricism.
- Sensationalism by Webster's
... n.) The doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke, that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist of sensations transformed; sensualism; -- opposed to intuitionalism, and rationalism.(n.) The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel.
- Aufklarung by Webster's
... , the sensationalism of Condillac, and the publication of the "Encyclopedia" by D'Alembert and Diderot. In Germany, Lessing, Mendelssohn, and Herder were representative thinkers, while the political doctrines of the leaders of the American Revolution and the speculations of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine represented the movement in America.