Western philosophy: Enlightenment

The thesis of this book, first published in 1972, is that Kant's notions of 'absolute worth', the 'unconditioned' and 'unconditioned worth' are rationalistic and confused, and that they spoil his ontology of personal value and tend to subvert his splendid idea of the person as an End in himself.

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This is an updated edition of John Cottingham''s acclaimed translation of Descartes''s philosophical masterpiece, including an abridgement of Descartes''s Objections and Replies.

George Berkeley is one of the most prominent philosophers of the eighteenth century.

This book examines Kant's contributions to the theory of knowledge and studies how his writings can be applied to address contemporary epistemological issues.

Die Erzählung, aus der Sicht einer der Wandernden eines Pärchens aus Frankfurt, beschreibt den Pfad, den Camino, den Jakobsweg, von Porto in Nordportugal bis nach Santiago de Compostela, im Süden Spaniens.

Der dritte Band des philosophischen Briefwechsels umfasst die Jahre von 1695 bis einschließlich 1700.

'Capitalist critique and proletarian reasoning fit for our time' - Peter LinebaughTaking the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume as its subject, this book breaks new ground in focusing its lens on a little-studied aspect of Hume's thinking: his understanding of money.

This is the first English-language anthology to provide a compendium of primary source material on the sublime.

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are arguably the most important period in philosophy's history, given that they set a new and broad foundation for subsequent philosophical thought.

Kant is widely acknowledged as the greatest philosopher of modern times.

David Hume, einer der einflussreichsten Denker der Aufklärung, revolutionierte das Verständnis von menschlicher Erkenntnis, Moral und der Natur des Selbst.

This volume of original papers by a leading team of international scholars explores Isaac Newton's relation to a variety of empiricisms and empiricists.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessings doppelte Provokation als schärfster Kritiker des Christentums und zugleich Widersacher dieser Kritik.

Georges Dicker here provides a commentary on John Locke's masterwork, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding-the foundational work of classical Empiricism.

The idea of Kantian ethics is both simple and revolutionary: it proposes a moral law independent of any notion of a pre-established Good or any 'human inclination' such as love, sympathy or fear.

Die weltweite Diskussion und Rezeption des philosophischen Œuvre von Leo Strauss wurde mit dem 2001 vorgelegten, seit langem vergriffenen Band 3 der Gesammelten Schriften auf eine neue Grundlage gestellt.

In this book, Michael Huemer and Bryan Frances debate whether - and how - we can gain knowledge of the world outside of our own minds.

This book examines the surprising ramifications of Kant's late account of practical reason's obligatory ends as well as a revolutionary implication of his theory of property.

'The best book ever written' Nicholas Lezard, GuardianRobert Burton's labyrinthine, beguiling, playful masterpiece is his attempt to 'anatomize and cut up' every aspect of the condition of melancholy, from which he had suffered throughout his life.

Die Auseinandersetzung mit Kant, Goethe und Rousseau ist für das Denken Cassirers durchgängig zentral und bestimmend für die Ausarbeitung seines Hauptwerkes, der Philosophie der symbolischen Formen.

Through his clinical work and extensive engagement with major figures of the philosophical tradition, Jung developed an original and pluralistic psycho-ethical model based on the cooperation of consciousness with the unconscious mind.

This volume considers the exchange between the Neo-Kantian tradition in German philosophy and the sciences from the last third of the nineteenth century to the Great war and partly beyond.

The only English translation of recently edited transcriptions of Kant''s lectures on anthropology, given between 1772 and 1789.

Mit seiner Kometenschrift formuliert der Philosophieprofessor und Schriftsteller Pierre Bayle 1683 ein erstes überzeugendes Plädoyer für die französische Aufklärung.

Der vorliegende Band würdigt erstmals das Gesamtwerk des früh verstorbenen Christlob Mylius (1722–1745).

Im Zeitalter der Aufklärung, schreibt Kondylis, stellt sich das Problem der Sinnlichkeit auf eine besonders dringliche Weise, und so auch dasjenige ihrer Beziehung zum Geist.

Hope is understood to be a significant part of human experience, including for motivating behaviour, promoting happiness, and justifying a conception of the self as having agency.

El legado de las Luces está en crisis.

How our beliefs about the soul have developed through the ages, and why an understanding of it still matters todayThe concept of the soul has been a recurring area of exploration since ancient times.

Was Descartes a Cartesian Dualist?

This book connects Schopenhauer's philosophy with transcendental idealism by exploring the distinctly Kantian roots of his pessimism.

Leading scholars investigate Kant''s conception of what a human being is and how a human being can act autonomously.

This book, first published in 1989, presents sixteen articles on Kant and Berkeley, examining their attitude to the physical world.

A rigorous and comprehensive commentary, showing how the Religion develops key themes in Kant''s mature philosophy.

This collection of 28 original essays examines the diverse scope of John Locke s contributions as a celebrated philosopher, empiricist, and father of modern political theory.

Mit der »Kritik der Urteilskraft« (1790) bringt Kant seine kritischen Untersuchungen zu den Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der reinen Erkenntnisvermögen a priori zum Abschluss.