Western philosophy: Enlightenment

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

The Meaning of Life and the Great Philosophers reveals how great philosophers of the past sought to answer the question of the meaning of life.

The Meaning of Life and the Great Philosophers reveals how great philosophers of the past sought to answer the question of the meaning of life.

Nietzsche is undoubtedly one of the most original and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy.

Nietzsche is undoubtedly one of the most original and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy.

Aesthetics: A Reader in Philosophy of the Arts, fourth edition, contains a selection of ninety-six readings organized by individual art forms as well as a final section of readings in philosophical aesthetics that cover multiple art forms.

Aesthetics: A Reader in Philosophy of the Arts, fourth edition, contains a selection of ninety-six readings organized by individual art forms as well as a final section of readings in philosophical aesthetics that cover multiple art forms.

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 is the first English-language book to examine Kant''s empirical psychology, applying it throughout Kant''s philosophy and to contemporary philosophical issues.

This is the first English-language book to examine Kant''s empirical psychology, applying it throughout Kant''s philosophy and to contemporary philosophical issues.

This volume provides a synoptic view of Kant''s major work of religious thought.

This volume provides a synoptic view of Kant''s major work of religious thought.

This book develops a new reading of the Metaphysical Foundations and articulates an original perspective of Kant''s critical philosophy as a whole.

This book develops a new reading of the Metaphysical Foundations and articulates an original perspective of Kant''s critical philosophy as a whole.

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

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

A guide to two of the most revealing of Kant''s early writings, which facilitates understanding his later practical thought.

A revised translation of Condorcet''s view of progress across history and his prophetic writings on women, slavery, freedom and revolution.

A revised translation of Condorcet''s view of progress across history and his prophetic writings on women, slavery, freedom and revolution.

First comprehensive account of Kant''s cosmopolitanism, offering a novel interpretation of eighteenth-century and current philosophical discussions.

First comprehensive account of Kant''s cosmopolitanism, offering a novel interpretation of eighteenth-century and current philosophical discussions.

Julian Young provides the most comprehensive biography available of the life and philosophy of the nineteenth-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

Julian Young provides the most comprehensive biography available of the life and philosophy of the nineteenth-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

This study traces the ways in which Romantic writers responded to a debate over the dangers and rewards of idle contemplation.

This study traces the ways in which Romantic writers responded to a debate over the dangers and rewards of idle contemplation.

Provides a clear and comprehensive explanation of Peirce''s thought and analyses his challenge to nominalism as a theory of meaning.

Provides a clear and comprehensive explanation of Peirce''s thought and analyses his challenge to nominalism as a theory of meaning.

Focuses on Spinoza''s theories regarding human freedom, how it is obtained, and also an interpretation of his ethics.

Focuses on Spinoza''s theories regarding human freedom, how it is obtained, and also an interpretation of his ethics.

A positive assessment of secularism and the possibilities it offers for a genuinely meaningful life without religion Although there is no shortage of recent books arguing against religion, few offer a positive alternative—how anyone might live a fulfilling life without the support of religious beliefs.

The book covers Hume's biographical development; his self appraisal as a 'man of letters'; his philosophical writings with emphasis on their direct and indirect economic content; his self-aware criticism of his approach to the Treatise and the development of his rhetorical understanding of the needs/interests of his readers/potential readers; his rhetorical turn and Ciceronian adjustments to his writing within the genre of the essay, including his two Enquiries; his political essays and his nine essays conventionally classified as economic.

The book covers Hume's biographical development; his self appraisal as a 'man of letters'; his philosophical writings with emphasis on their direct and indirect economic content; his self-aware criticism of his approach to the Treatise and the development of his rhetorical understanding of the needs/interests of his readers/potential readers; his rhetorical turn and Ciceronian adjustments to his writing within the genre of the essay, including his two Enquiries; his political essays and his nine essays conventionally classified as economic.

This volume explores the themes of vanishing matter, matter and the laws of nature, the qualities of matter, and the diversity of the debates about matter in the early modern period.

This volume explores the themes of vanishing matter, matter and the laws of nature, the qualities of matter, and the diversity of the debates about matter in the early modern period.

This volume brings together a collection of new essays by leading scholars on the subject of causation in the early modern period, from Descartes to Lady Mary Shepherd.

This volume brings together a collection of new essays by leading scholars on the subject of causation in the early modern period, from Descartes to Lady Mary Shepherd.

Few books have had as great an impact on intellectual history as Kant's The Moral Law.

Few books have had as great an impact on intellectual history as Kant's The Moral Law.

This volume covers many of the most important philosophers and movements of the nineteenth century, including utilitarianism, positivism and pragmatism.

Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy, political philosophy, and philosophy of judgement have been and continue to be widely discussed among many scholars.

Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy, political philosophy, and philosophy of judgement have been and continue to be widely discussed among many scholars.

The Ethics of Need: Agency, Dignity, and Obligation argues for the philosophical importance of the notion of need and for an ethical framework through which we can determine which needs have moral significance.

The Ethics of Need: Agency, Dignity, and Obligation argues for the philosophical importance of the notion of need and for an ethical framework through which we can determine which needs have moral significance.

Beginning with an overview of Hume's life and work, Don Garrett introduces in clear and accessible style the central aspects of Hume's thought.

Beginning with an overview of Hume's life and work, Don Garrett introduces in clear and accessible style the central aspects of Hume's thought.

Freedom and its internal relation to reason is fundamental to Descartes' philosophy in general, and to his Meditations on First Philosophy in particular.

Freedom and its internal relation to reason is fundamental to Descartes' philosophy in general, and to his Meditations on First Philosophy in particular.

This book describes the "e;naturalistic fallacy"e;, as attributed to Hume, that non-moral premises cannot logically entail a moral conclusion, and distinguishes it from the similarly named though subtly different fallacy identified by Moore in Principia Ethica by comparing and contrasting its presence in a range of ethical or moral systems.

This book describes the "e;naturalistic fallacy"e;, as attributed to Hume, that non-moral premises cannot logically entail a moral conclusion, and distinguishes it from the similarly named though subtly different fallacy identified by Moore in Principia Ethica by comparing and contrasting its presence in a range of ethical or moral systems.

Based on the original handwritten manuscript, this book provides a new, accurate edition of Hume's important work, faithful to his original text, marginal notes, and changes.