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A companion to early modern philosophy

Title
A companion to early modern philosophy / edited by Steven Nadler.
ISBN
9780470998847
0470998849
1405123141
9781405123143
9781405164450
140516445X
1280284455
9781280284458
9780631218005
0631218009
0631218009
Published
Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2002.
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 661 pages).
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Summary
A Companion to Early Modern Philosophy is a comprehensive guide to the most significant philosophers and philosophical concepts of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. The individual chapters, written by leading scholars in the field, represent the most up-to-date research in the history of early modern philosophy. These newly commissioned essays span a wide range of philosophical areas and problems, including metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science, ethics, political philosophy, and aesthetics. Each presents a general overview of the thought of each figure and provides the reader with an accessible but sophisticated account of the philosopher's basic ideas. A Companion to Early Modern Philosophy includes biographical information on each philosopher, a bibliographical guide, and a list of works for further reading. It will be an invaluable resource for students and professionals alike.
Variant and related titles
Blackwell reference online. OCLC KB.
Other formats
Print version: Companion to early modern philosophy. Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2002
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 30, 2018
Series
Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 23.
Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 23
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Cover
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
1 Introduction
Part I: The Seventeenth Century: The Continent
2 Aristotelianism and Scholasticism in Early Modern Philosophy
3 Platonism and Philosophical Humanism on the Continent
4 The New Science: Kepler, Galileo, Mersenne
5 René Descartes
6 Pierre Gassendi
7 Blaise Pascal
8 Antoine Arnauld
9 Johannes Clauberg
10 Occasionalism: La Forge, Cordemoy, Geulincx
11 Nicolas Malebranche
12 Dutch Cartesian Philosophy
13 Cartesian Science: Régis and Rohault
14 Robert Desgabets
15 Grotius and Pufendorf
16 Baruch Spinoza
17 Pierre Bayle
18 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Part II: The Seventeenth Century: Great Britain
19 British Philosophy Before Locke
20 Francis Bacon
21 The Cambridge Platonists
22 Thomas Hobbes
23 Robert Boyle
24 John Locke
25 The English Malebrancheans
26 Isaac Newton
27 Women Philosophers in Early Modern England
Part III: The Eighteenth Century: Great Britain
28 Earl of Shaftesbury
29 George Berkeley
30 Francis Hutcheson
31 Bernard Mandeville
32 David Hume
33 Adam Smith
34 Thomas Reid
Part IV: The Eighteenth Century: The Continent
35 German Philosophy After Leibniz
36 Giambattista Vico
37 Aesthetics Before Kant
38 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
39 Voltaire
40 Moses Mendelssohn
Index
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Nadler, Steven M., 1958-
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