The Rise of Modern Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 3 (v. 3) - Brossura

Kenny, Anthony

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ISBN 10: 0198752768 ISBN 13: 9780198752769

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Riassunto

Sir Anthony Kenny's engaging new history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era. The Rise of Modern Philosophy is the fascinating story of the emergence, from the early sixteenth to the early nineteenth century, of great ideas and intellectual systems that shaped modern thought. Kenny introduces us to some of the world's most original and influential thinkers, and shows us the way to an understanding of their famous works. The thinkers we meet include René Descartes, traditionally seen as the founder of modern philosophy; the great British philosophers Hobbes, Locke, and Hume; and the towering figure of Immanuel Kant, who perhaps more than any other made philosophy what it is today.
In the first three chapters Kenny tells the story chronologically: his lively accessible narrative brings the philosophers to life and fills in the historical and intellectual background to their work. It is ideal as the first thing to read for someone new to the history of modern philosophy. In the seven chapters that follow Kenny looks closely at each of the main areas of philosophical exploration in this period: knowledge and understanding; the nature of the physical universe; metaphysics (the most fundamental questions there are about existence); mind and soul; the nature and content of morality; political philosophy; and God.
A selection of intriguing and beautiful illustrations offer a vivid evocation of the human and social side of philosophy. Anyone who is interested in how our understanding of ourselves and our world developed will find this a book a pleasure to read.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Sir Anthony Kenny has been President of the British Academy and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. He has written many acclaimed books on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of religion, and the history of philosophy, including both scholarly and popular works on Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, and Wittgenstein.

Contenuti:

• Introduction
• 1: Sixteenth-Century Philosophy
• 2: Descartes to Berkeley
• 3: Hume to Hegel
• 4: Knowledge
• 5: Physics
• 6: Metaphysics
• 7: Mind and Soul
• 8: Ethics
• 9: Political Philosophy
• 10: God

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press, USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0198752768
• ISBN 13: 9780198752769
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 370