Blackwell Companions to Philosophy

A Companion to Early Modern Philosophy

Steven Nadler (Autor)

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662 Seiten

2008
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) (Hersteller)
978-1-4051-6445-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Autor

Steven Nadler is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is also the director of the Center for the Humanities. He is author of Arnauld and the Cartesian Philosophy of Ideas (1989), Malebranche and Ideas (1992), Spinoza: A Life (1999), and Spinoza's Heresy (2002).

Inhalt

List of Contributors. 1. Introduction: Steven Nadler (University of Wisconsin-Madison). Part I: The Seventeenth Century: The Continent:. 2. Aristotelianism and Scholasticism in Early Modern Philosophy: M. W. F. Stone (King's College, London). 3. Platonism and Philosophical Humanism on the Continent: Christia Mercer (Columbia University). 4. The New Science: Kepler, Galileo, Mersenne: Brian Baigrie (University of Toronto). 5. Rene Descartes: Michael Della Rocca (Yale University). 6. Pierre Gassendi: Margaret J. Osler (University of Calgary). 7. Blaise Pascal: Graeme Hunter (University of Ottawa). 8. Antoine Arnauld: Elmar J. Kremer (University of Toronto). 9. Johannes Clauberg: Jean-Christophe Bardout (Universite de Brest). 10. Occasionalism: La Forge, Cordemoy, Geulincx: Jean-Christophe Bardout (Universite de Brest). 11. Nicolas Malebranche: Tad M. Schmaltz (Duke University). 12. Dutch Cartesian Philosophy: Theo Verbeek (University of Utrecht). 13. Cartesian Science: Regis and Rohault: Dennis Des Chene (Emory University). 14. Robert Desgabets: Patricia A. Easton (Claremont Graduate University). 15. Grotius and Pufendorf: N. E. Simmonds (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge). 16. Baruch Spinoza: Steven Nadler (University of Wisconsin-Madison). 17. Pierre Bayle: Todd Ryan (Trinity College, CT). 18. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: R. S. Woolhouse (University of York). Part II: The Seventeenth Century: Great Britain:. 19. British Philosophy Before Locke: Jill Kraye (Warburg Institute, London). 20. Francis Bacon: Stephen Gaukroger (University of Sydney). 21. The Cambridge Platonists: Sarah Hutton (Middlesex University). 22. Thomas Hobbes: Tom Sorrell (University of Essex). 23. Robert Boyle: Lisa Downing (University of Illinois-Chicago). 24. John Locke: Edwin McCann (University of Southern California). 25. The English Malebrancheans: Stuart Brown (Open University). 26. Isaac Newton: Peter Kail (University of Edinburgh). 27. Women Philosophers in Early Modern England: Margaret Atherton (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). Part III: The Eighteenth Century: Great Britain:. 28. Earl of Shaftesbury: Gideon Yaffe (University of Southern California). 29. George Berkeley: Charles McCracken (Michigan State University). 30. Frances Hutcheson: Elizabeth S. Radcliffe (Santa Clara University). 31. Bernard Mandeville: Harold J. Cook (University College, London). 32. David Hume: Marina Frasca-Spada (St. Catherine's College, Cambridge). 33. Adam Smith: Samuel Fleischacker (University of Illinois-Chicago). 34. Thomas Reid: Ronald E. Beanblossom (Ohio Northern University). Part IV: The Eighteenth Century: The Continent:. 35. German Philosophy After Leibniz: Martin Schonfeld (University of South Florida). 36. Giambattista Vico: Donald Phillip Verene (Emory University). 37. Aesthetics Before Kant: Ted Kinnaman (George Mason University). 38. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Patrick Riley (University of Wisconsin-Madison). 39. Voltaire: Gary Gutting (University of Notre Dame). 40. Moses Mendelssohn: Daniel O. Dahlstrom (Boston University). Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.2.2008
• Verlagsort: Chicester
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 10 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
• ISBN-10: 1-4051-6445-X / 140516445X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-6445-0 / 9781405164450
• Zustand: Neuware