The Renaissance and 17th Century Rationalism: Routledge History of Philosophy Volume 4

ISBN-13: 9780415308762 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 480 str.

H. R. Parkinson

Opis

Volume IV in the Routledge History of Philosophy series covers a period of 350 years, from the middle of the 14th century to the early years of the 18th century: the birth of modern philosophy. It deals with the history of two very important philosophical movements during this time: the Renaissance, and the scholastic tradition it interacted with; and 17th century rationalism, where modern philosophy comes to being with the works of Descartes, Spinoza, Malebranche and Leibniz.

Spis treści

1. The philosophy of the Italian Renaissance
2. Renaissance philosophy outside Italy
3. Science and mathematics from the Renaissance to Descartes
4. Francis Bacon and man's two-faced kingdom
5. Descares: methodology
6. Descartes: metaphysics and philosophy of mind
7. Seventeenth-century materialism: Gassendi and Hobbes
8. Spinoza: metaphysics and knowledge
9. The moral and political philosophy of Spinoza
10. Occasionalism
11. Leibniz: truth, knowledge and metaphysics

O autorze

G.H.R. Parkinson is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading. His numerous books include works on Spinoza, Leibniz, Wittgenstein, Lukács; he is also the General Editor of An Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (Routledge, 1988).