On Modern Philosophy

Name: On Modern Philosophy
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ISBN: 9780534252458

ISBN-10: 0534252451

ISBN-13: 9780534252458

Edition: 2004

Authors: Garrett Thomson

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This historically organized book presents a holistic picture of the development of modern philosophy. It contains chapters on each of the major thinkers of this period ? Galileo, Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Newton, Locke, Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. ON MODERN PHILOSOPHY concisely presents the aims of each thinker and their basic argumentative strategies for achieving those aims in the context of their lives. The Wadsworth Philosophical Topics Series presents readers with concise, timely, and insightful introductions to a variety of traditional and contemporary philosophical subjects. With this series edited by Robert Talisse of Vanderbilt University, philosophy students will…

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 11/14/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: The End of an Era





The Rise of Science: Copernicus to Galileo


Bacon and the New Map of Knowledge


Descartes: The Unity of Science


Descartes and Elizabeth: The Nature of Humans


Early Modern French Philosophy


Hobbes: Politics as Science


Spinoza: Against Dualism


Newton: The Grand Vision


Locke and the Proper Business


Locke: A Reasonable Revolutionary


Interim conclusion: The State of Play





Leibniz: New Questions


Leibniz: From Physics to Theology


Berkeley: The Denial of Matter


Hume: Skepticism and Naturalism


Hume: The Slave of the Passions


Interim Conclusion: The Need for Synthesis





The French Enlightenment


Kant: The Transcendental Turn


Kant: From Theory to Practice


Kant: Toward Romanticism


Grand Conclusion: A Failed Project?


Bibliography