Western philosophy: Enlightenment

Gewirth's theory of human rights has made a major contribution to philosophy.

First published in 1951.

First published in 1951.

First published in 1990.

First published in 1990.

Sensibility in the Early Modern Era investigates how the early modern characterisation of sensibility as a natural property of the body could give way to complex considerations about the importance of affect in morality.

Sensibility in the Early Modern Era investigates how the early modern characterisation of sensibility as a natural property of the body could give way to complex considerations about the importance of affect in morality.

First published in 1962.

First published in 1962.

In this book, Stephen Acreman follows the development and reception of a hitherto under-analyzed concept central to modern and postmodern political theory: the Kantian ein erweiterte Denkungsart, or enlarged mentality.

First published in 1990.

First published in 1990.

Wilfrid Sellars made profound and lasting contributions to nearly every area of philosophy.

Wilfrid Sellars made profound and lasting contributions to nearly every area of philosophy.

Covers key philosophical, interpretive and textual issues, including an extensive further reading essay and translation notes.

Covers key philosophical, interpretive and textual issues, including an extensive further reading essay and translation notes.

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

First essay collection devoted to Kant''s faculty of feeling, a concept relevant to issues in ethics, aesthetics, and the emotions.

Brings scholarly attention to the least studied of Spinoza''s major works, from a range of different scholarly perspectives.

Brings scholarly attention to the least studied of Spinoza''s major works, from a range of different scholarly perspectives.

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.

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.

This volume analyses the causes and consequences of the Jesuit Suppression, one of the most dramatic events in eighteenth-century history.

This volume analyses the causes and consequences of the Jesuit Suppression, one of the most dramatic events in eighteenth-century history.

A collection of new essays examining the impact of Neo-Kantianism on a range of philosophical topics and fields of study.

A collection of new essays examining the impact of Neo-Kantianism on a range of philosophical topics and fields of study.

This book offers the first study of the Scottish Enlightenment reception and interpretation of the French Revolution.

This book offers the first study of the Scottish Enlightenment reception and interpretation of the French Revolution.

This book explores and examines the political philosophies of enlightenment women across Europe in the eighteenth century.

Featuring fifteen new essays, this book is the only volume devoted to a scholarly study of Kant''s lectures on ethics.

This collection of essays is the first comprehensive volume dedicated to Kant''s lectures on anthropology and their philosophical importance.

This book explores and examines the political philosophies of enlightenment women across Europe in the eighteenth century.

Featuring fifteen new essays, this book is the only volume devoted to a scholarly study of Kant''s lectures on ethics.

This collection of essays is the first comprehensive volume dedicated to Kant''s lectures on anthropology and their philosophical importance.

First published in 1966.

First published in 1966.

Most academic philosophers and intellectual historians are familiar with the major historical figures and intellectual movements coming out of Scotland in the 18th Century.

Most academic philosophers and intellectual historians are familiar with the major historical figures and intellectual movements coming out of Scotland in the 18th Century.

This collection presents the first sustained examination of the nature and status of the idea of principles in early modern thought.

This collection presents the first sustained examination of the nature and status of the idea of principles in early modern thought.

This book addresses the 'perennial' question of the meaning of life from the point of view of a novel interpretation of Aristotle's teleology.

This book addresses the 'perennial' question of the meaning of life from the point of view of a novel interpretation of Aristotle's teleology.

***Shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024***It is a common enough assumption that good buildings make us feel good just as poor ones can make us feel insecure, depressed or even threatened.

***Shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024***It is a common enough assumption that good buildings make us feel good just as poor ones can make us feel insecure, depressed or even threatened.

The founder of both American pragmatism and semiotics, Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is widely regarded as an enormously important and pioneering theorist.

The founder of both American pragmatism and semiotics, Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is widely regarded as an enormously important and pioneering theorist.

Our experience of other individuals as minded beings goes hand in hand with the awareness that they have a unique epistemic and emotional perspective on the experienced objects and situations.

Our experience of other individuals as minded beings goes hand in hand with the awareness that they have a unique epistemic and emotional perspective on the experienced objects and situations.

Like Kant, the German Idealists, and many neo-Kantian philosophers before him, Nietzsche was persistently concerned with metaphysical questions about the nature of objects.

Like Kant, the German Idealists, and many neo-Kantian philosophers before him, Nietzsche was persistently concerned with metaphysical questions about the nature of objects.