Western philosophy: Enlightenment

Kantian Genesis of the Problem of Scientific Education terms the dominant educational paradigm of our time as scientific education and subjects it to historical analysis to bring its tacit racial, colonial and Eurocentric biases into view.

This collection of essays challenges the prevailing assumption that eighteenth-century German philosophy prior to Kant was largely defined by post-Leibnizian rationalism and, accordingly, a low esteem of the cognitive function of the senses.

Gegenstand des Jahrbuches Aufklärung« ist die Erforschung des 18.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Enlightening, thought-provoking and illuminating.

Gegenstand des Jahrbuches Aufklärung« ist die Erforschung des 18.

Im Mittelpunkt dieses Buches steht die Rekonstruktion der impliziten Logik der transzendentalen Logik Kants.

Philosophy in Minutes distils 200 of the most important philosophical ideas into easily digestible, bite-sized sections.

Gerade bei den sogenannten Klassikern der Philosophie lassen sich besonders viele Beispiele für eine konsequente Denkungsart finden.

Explores the relationship between self-knowledge, individuality, and personal development by reconstructing Kant''s account of personhood.

This work, first published in 1985, offers a general interpretation of Hume's Treatise of Human Nature.

The Routledge Guidebook to Berkeley's Three Dialogues is an engaging introduction to the last of a trio of works that cemented Berkeley's position as one of the truly great philosophers of the western canon.

Kant hielt seit 1765 regelmäßig Vorlesungen über Logik, denen er ein Exemplar des "Meierschen Lehrbuchs" von 1752 als Leitfaden zugrunde legte, in welches er fortschreitend Anmerkungen und Erläuterungen eintrug, denen er in seinem Vortrag folgte.

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 book provides new insights into understanding Descartes'' philosophy of mind, especially the role and significance of the senses and emotions.

Mit der aktuellen Konjunktur der Philosophie Spinozas stellt sich die Frage, was wir seinem spekulativen System heute noch entnehmen können.

Obwohl religiöse Toleranz schon immer ein zentrales Problem der christlichen Philosophie und Theologie war, wurde sie in Deutschland erst im Laufe des 18.

First published in 1966.

Johann Jakob Rambach (1693–1735) war der wohl bekannteste Theologieprofessor seiner Zeit und galt als ein bedeutender Vertreter des lutherischen Barockpietismus.

First published in 1752, Excerpt from the Doctrine of Reason [Auszug aus der Vernunftlehre] was written as a textbook and widely adopted by many 18th-century German instructors, but most notably by Immanuel Kant.

'Astonishing .

Macht versucht, sich die Welt in jeder Hinsicht gefügig zu machen.

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 18th-century Germany philosophers were occupied with questions of who we are and what we should be.

Luxury has been associated with superficiality, consumerism and meaninglessness throughout the history of serious philosophical thought.

The Other Adam Smith represents the next wave of critical thinking about the still under-examined work of this paradigmatic Enlightenment thinker.

Immanuel Kant was a philosopher at the end of the 18th century Enlightenment.

How to Reach Enlightenment offers practical strategies for those who are struggling to find an enlightened way of life, bringing straightforward self-help techniques to the world of spirituality.

Immanuel Kant is among the most pivotal thinkers in the history of philosophy.

The Kant Dictionary is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the world of Immanuel Kant, one of the most important and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy.

This book addresses the problem of self-knowledge in Kant's philosophy.

German Idealism was one of the most fertile and important movements in the history of Western philosophy.

First published in 1990.

Warum handelt der Mensch überhaupt moralisch, was sind seine Beweggründe dafür und was bedeutet das für eine freie bürgerliche Gesellschaft?

This book applies ecolinguistics and psychoanalysis to explore how films fictionalising environmental disasters provide spectacular warnings against the dangers of environmental apocalypse, while highlighting that even these apparently environmentally friendly films can still facilitate problematic real-world changes in how people treat the environment.

This book investigates various aspects of freedom as developed in the philosophical systems of Kant and Fichte.

Karl Leonhard Reinhold publizierte Ende der 1780er-Jahre eine Reihe von Schriften, mit denen er beanspruchte, Immanuel Kants geschmackstheoretische Ausführungen der Kritik der Urteilskraft zu antizipieren.

The unlikely story of how Americans canonized Adam Smith as the patron saint of free marketsOriginally published in 1776, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was lauded by America's founders as a landmark work of Enlightenment thinking about national wealth, statecraft, and moral virtue.

In this book, Bryan Wesley Hall breaks new ground in Kant scholarship, exploring the gap in Kant's Critical philosophy in relation to his post-Critical work by turning to Kant's final, unpublished work, the so-called Opus Postumum.