Late Modern Philosophy
Essential Readings with Commentary
Richard McCarty editor Fritz Allhoff editor Elizabeth S Radcliffe editor Anand Jayprakash Vaidya editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:22nd Dec '06
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Part of the Blackwell Readings in the History of Philosophy series, this survey of late modern philosophy focuses on the key texts and philosophers of the period whose beliefs changed the course of western thought.
- Gathers together the key texts from the most significant and influential philosophers of the late modern era to provide a thorough introduction to the period.
- Features the writings of Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Leibniz, Kant, Rousseau, Bentham and other leading thinkers.
- Examines such topics as empiricism, rationalism, and the existence of God.
- Readings are accompanied by expert commentary from the editors, who are leading scholars in the field.
“This is an excellent anthology with selections that are shrewdly chosen and insightfully introduced, including several in ethics that are unusual but quite important, such as Adam Smith, Richard Price, and Mary Wollstonecraft.”
Stephen Darwall, University of Michigan
“A rich and wisely chosen collection of key eighteenth-century texts, distinctive in covering not only epistemology and metaphysics, but moral and political philosophy.” Kenneth P. Winkler, Wellesley College
ISBN: 9781405146890
Dimensions: 247mm x 172mm x 23mm
Weight: 671g
400 pages