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Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

By Knud Haakonssen

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
0521418542, 1397805214
LCC
B802 .C24 2005
Open Library ID
OL3308247M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6580975 bytes)
Pages
720\720
Time added
2010-10-23 03:34:24

Description

More than thirty eminent scholars from nine different countries have contributed to The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy - the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of the subject available in English. For the eighteenth century the dominant concept in philosophy was human nature and so it is around this concept that the work is centered. This allows the contributors to offer both detailed explorations of the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical themes that continue to stand at the forefront of philosophy, and to voice a critical attitude to the historiography behind this emphasis in philosophical thought. At the same time there is due sensitivity to historical context with particular emphasis on the connections between philosophy, science, and theology. This judiciously balanced, systematic, and comprehensive account of the whole of Western philosophy in the period will be an invaluable resource for philosophers, intellectual historians, theologians, political theorists, historians of science and literary scholars.

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