Western philosophy: Enlightenment

Alexander Bain (1818-1903) was once Britain's greatest philosopher of mind.

The first English translation of some of Victor Cousin's most important philosophical writings for over 150 years, accompanied by extensive contextual and analytic resources from a team of internationally recognized Cousin scholars.

We often invoke broad ideas of reason, rationality, reasonableness, reasons, reasoning, and related concepts in commonsense and express their apparent authority through ordinary language and social practices.

We often invoke broad ideas of reason, rationality, reasonableness, reasons, reasoning, and related concepts in commonsense and express their apparent authority through ordinary language and social practices.

At his death, Spinoza left two major works, very different from one another.

A unifying theme of Loeb's work is epistemological - that Descartes and Hume advance theories of knowledge that rely on a substantial 'naturalistic' component, adopting one or another member of a cluster of psychological properties of beliefs as the goal of inquiry and the standard for assessing belief-forming mechanisms.

At his death, Spinoza left two major works, very different from one another.

Este es un recopilatorio de ensayos del filosofo David Hume, publicados en 1752 e incluidos dentro de su compilacion en dos volumenes Ensayos morales, politicos y literarios (1758).

Mit dem vorkantischen Begriff des Sensus communis verbindet sich das Potenzial, das Verhältnis von Kunst, Moral, Politik und Geschichte neu zu bestimmen.

Mit dem vorkantischen Begriff des Sensus communis verbindet sich das Potenzial, das Verhältnis von Kunst, Moral, Politik und Geschichte neu zu bestimmen.

This book argues that contemporary liberal societies are rife with civic divisions related to the past, and that coming to terms with this past is a phenomenon of utmost importance for citizens and liberal societies.

This book argues that contemporary liberal societies are rife with civic divisions related to the past, and that coming to terms with this past is a phenomenon of utmost importance for citizens and liberal societies.

Described by Hilary Putnam as "e;both a fine introduction and a significant contribution"e; to epistemology, and by Anthony Quinton as "e;at once comprehensive .

America's most renowned social philosopher John Dewey shines his powerful intellect on the serious public and cultural issues surrounding the place of the individual in a technologically advanced society.

Through a detailed analysis of the work of 3 key figures in early modern thought Niccol Machiavelli, Francis Bacon, and Ren Descartes Timothy Sean Quinn investigates the roots of modernist attitudes connecting science and politics and what this means for society today.

Through a detailed analysis of the work of 3 key figures in early modern thought Niccol Machiavelli, Francis Bacon, and Ren Descartes Timothy Sean Quinn investigates the roots of modernist attitudes connecting science and politics and what this means for society today.

Ensayo imprescindible para conocer los inicios de la estética moderna, el tratado de Edmund Burke (1729-1797) sobre lo sublime y lo bello es digno heredero de una tradición retórica que se remonta a Longino, de la filosofía empirista anglosajona y de las teorías del gusto neoclásicas e ilustradas.

A moving, intimate portrait of the Enlightenment philosophers as they faced the end of their lives and their historical moment What would the Enlightenment look like if we viewed it through the eyes of the philosophers as they were facing death?

Essay aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie des 17.

Philosophical Perspectives: Essays on Reality, Knowledge, and Morality is a collection of essays on foundational questions that shape our lives as rational creatures and moral agents.

Over the last two decades, scholarship on Kant and modern German philosophy has become increasingly focused on understanding their historical roots.

Over the last two decades, scholarship on Kant and modern German philosophy has become increasingly focused on understanding their historical roots.

Hobbes's Philosophy of Religion presents a new scholarly interpretation of Hobbes's treatment of religious speech and practice.

Hobbes's Philosophy of Religion presents a new scholarly interpretation of Hobbes's treatment of religious speech and practice.

Descartes's Method develops an ontological interpretation of Descartes's method as a dynamic and, within limits, differentiable problem-solving cognitive disposition or habitus, which can be actualized or applied to different problems in various ways, depending on the nature of the problem.

Descartes's Method develops an ontological interpretation of Descartes's method as a dynamic and, within limits, differentiable problem-solving cognitive disposition or habitus, which can be actualized or applied to different problems in various ways, depending on the nature of the problem.

Philosophical Perspectives: Essays on Reality, Knowledge, and Morality is a collection of essays on foundational questions that shape our lives as rational creatures and moral agents.

Most previous studies of Adam Smith's methodology, with a few exceptions, have placed considerable emphasis on the undeniable influence of Newtonian physics and Humean empiricism.

David Hume was a highly original thinker.

David Hume was a highly original thinker.

Most previous studies of Adam Smith's methodology, with a few exceptions, have placed considerable emphasis on the undeniable influence of Newtonian physics and Humean empiricism.

The first English translation of some of Victor Cousin's most important philosophical writings for over 150 years, accompanied by extensive contextual and analytic resources from a team of internationally recognized Cousin scholars.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie des 17.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie des 17.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Politik - Allgemeines und Theorien zur Internationalen Politik, Note: 1.

Wolff and the First Fifty Years of German Metaphysics offers a fresh account of philosophical developments in German philosophy in the first half of the 18th century.

Wolff and the First Fifty Years of German Metaphysics offers a fresh account of philosophical developments in German philosophy in the first half of the 18th century.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte, Note: 1,3, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Seminararbeit setzt sich zum Ziel den Begriff, bzw.