On Modern Philosophy

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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. 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?